EACC NOT SINCERE WITH THEIR FACTS
My attention has been drawn to the
allegations of corruption being levelled against me with regard to the
management and expenditure of the Bomet County funds in a list presented
to the President by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and
which is the subject of debate on the floors of both houses of parliament
and the public too.
I wish, from the onset, to
categorically state that the allegations are not only malicious but also
baseless and which lack substance.
To claim that I own a chopper is a
bid lie to the public. I can possibly not own a chopper, perhaps, one day
I will own one or even a Dreamliner. Today, instead of owning a chopper, I
would spend my money on oil fields in Turkana which will be beneficial to
the locals and the nation as whole.
The EACC has claimed that I own a
house worth over Ksh. 30M in Nairobi. I have no idea where this said house
is and I invite the Commission to show me where it is located.
They have further claimed that I own
33 petrol stations. Nothing can be further from the truth. I own not a
single gas station and again I invite the Commission to help me trace them
for purposes of clarity. I have never sold even paraffin in my life.
So many unfounded allegations have
been advanced against me in the EACC confidential report to the President
including misappropriation of funds aimed at enhancing development in Bomet
County.
Local MPs under instructions and
sponsorship from the office of the Deputy President have been moving round
the county making unsubstantiated allegations against me and even calling
me names simply because I refused to dance to the music of their master.
I have always ignored such and
soldiered on with my work.
They even brought leaflets with the
aim of maligning my name, but the people of Bomet County ignored them. It
is a pity that the content on the leaflets is exactly what is appearing in
the EACC report. I find this to be a big joke on the side of the EACC.
It suffices to note that for the
past two years, Bomet County has been voted the best County in terms of
performance in the country and one would wonder how this could happen when
the money earmarked for development is supposedly embezzled and spent on
purchasing choppers, houses and setting up of petrol stations.
I want the public to know that I
have some properties, but unfortunately, none of them is listed in the
EACC report. This is pure malice and a ploy to smear my name with mud for
reasons only known to the orchestrators and sponsors of this smear
campaign.
I know I have been a target of
politics of malice and humiliation by the powers that be for refusing to
sing their song of bad governance, intimidation, mudslinging
and hypocrisy. My position on the formation of Jubilee Alliance Party
(JAP) and my continued criticism of the party is the main reason for this
smear campaign.
I want the Jubilee administration to
know that Kenyans are not so naïve. They have matured both in thoughts and
in terms of democracy. Jubilee should read the writing on the wall and be
alive to the fact that what happened to JAP in Kajiado Central on March
16th 2015 awaits them in 2017. What happened to a rigid regime of
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday 28th March 2015 will happen to
them in 2017.
Finally, I maintain my position that
I will not resign for I have done nothing wrong.
Thank you and God Bless you all.
H.E Isaac Ruto – EGH,
Governor, Bomet County,
Chairman – Council of Governors of
Kenya.
1/4/2015
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