The social has been abuzz since on Sunday over remarks over made by the Deputy President William Ruto over AU Special Envoy for Infrastructure Raila Odinga’s current job.
Ruto had credited himself has in the position claiming that it is through him and President Uhuru Kenyatta that negotiations were made to have the job given to the former Prime Minister.
Odinga, through his spokesperson Dennis Onyango stated that Ruto had no part to play in the negotiations.
“We don’t know what Ruto is a party to and what he is not. If he had his way, he would be a party to everything and anything,” Onyango stated.
“What we know and I believe all Kenyans know is that Ruto can never be a party to anything that uplifts Raila Odinga. If he was a party to those talks, he must have joined to stop it but failed,” he added.
While attending a church function on Sunday, Deputy President sensationally claimed he was responsible for giving Raila Odinga the AU job, where Odinga is the continent’s high representative of infrastructure. Ruto did not have shame lying in front of the pulpit, not knowing the public knows very well how AU came to settle on Raila Odinga for the position he currently holds in Addis.
“When we negotiated for him the AU position, it didn’t include prospecting for minerals or merchandise of any nature. All his job description involves is Africa’s basic structure,” Ruto told the congregation during a church service in Naivasha.
DP Ruto calls upon Raila Odinga not to use his AU office to engage in illegal business.#NTVToday @KenMijungu pic.twitter.com/thDK7xzGlV
— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) May 27, 2019
Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa who had also accompanied the DP, stated: “You were given a job to promote infrastructure in Africa, your work is not looking for gold or constructing roads using gold.”
Raila claimed that he was with the victims who were conned when they were contacted by the fraudsters.
“So I told the Arabs to tell them to put Matiang’i on the phone. When he came on he said, ‘This is Matiangi, I confirm we have your consignment and if you comply to our conditions, we will transfer your consignment to Wajir Airport where you can go and pick it up’,” Odinga cited.
“It is at this point, that I interjected and told the Arabs that they are being duped and that those are notorious conmen,” he continued.
“If you are indeed a whistleblower, tell us the conmen you went to Dubai with. How many statements have you recorded with the DCI? You are as guilty as the fraudsters who you travelled with,” the legislator added.