The war between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Principal Secretary William Ruto has spilled over to their offices.
It is emerging that Harambee House Annexe and the Office of the President are fighting for control of powerful confidential expenditure.
Both offices are battling for the billions used in unaccounted-for covert state operations.
Usually, Auditor General Edward Ouko has limited access to the accounts for auditing purposes, making the vote the most abused budget line.
The bad blood between the offices is worsening by the day amid alleges that the Annex office has been starved of the crucial confidential expenditure vote to run some of Deputy President William Ruto’s events. The DP’s allies have blamed the standoff on Interior PS Karanja Kibicho saying he is deliberately ‘clinging’ to the multi-million vote without regard to Harambee House Annex.
Things are so bad that last week Ruto confronted Kibicho at JKIA as they waited to welcome back President Uhuru Kenyatta from Rwanda.
President Kenyatta on Friday held a private meeting with Ruto at State House amid JKIA altercation that involved the the latter and Kibicho.
The two are said to have almost gone physical with Ruto accusing the powerful PS of sabotaging his country wide trips. Dr Ruto is said to have scolded Kibicho for over 15 minutes.
And at State House, Uhuru and Ruto addressed Kenya Private Alliance team together before retreating for a closed-door meeting where sources say the scuffle was discussed.