Ruto has in recent days been forced to come out and deny claims that the government lost Sh21 billion allocated for dam projects in various parts of the country.
“Mimi nimazumguza hapa kama Naibu wa Rais, and I am not mad na sivuti bangi… nasema tuko na mabwawa ya maji. Tumelipa lakini tuko na matatizo kidogo ya land compensation. Thwake, Itare, Kimwarer, Arror, hii yetu hapa ya Naro Moru, ya Karemenu hapa Nyeri, hii mabwawa tutanjenga,” (I’m speaking as the Deputy President, and I am not mad and I don’t smoke bhang. We have made payments but we are facing difficulties with land compensation. We will have dams in Thwake, Itare, Kimwarer, Arror and right here in Naro Moru).
“As a responsible government with integrity and a government that is competent, we have made sure that every contract whatever money we have paid we have ensured that the public will not lose any resources; because we have done this in other projects and we will do this for our dams.” He however cautioned that public officers found culpable of engaging in corruption will have to ‘face the music’.