The Kiambu deputy governor James Nyoro who severally whistled about the corruption in Kiambu County was spared on early morning raid.
EACC officers camped to Waititu’s residents in Runda and Garden Estate and arrested him over misappropriation of county funds n bogus projects like Kaa Sober.
A source has hinted to the writer that Nyoro has no case to answer as he was not directly involved in the running of the County finance coffers.
He adds that Nyoro criticism to Kiambu administration triggered the EACC and DCI to acts swiftly.
Kiambu Deputy Governor James Nyoro had said he will not resign and promised to expose Governor Ferdinand Waititu for mismanagement of county funds.
“There are a lot of queries of how money from World Bank was used, how Sh1.4 billion in the supplementary budget was utilized alongside other queries, and the governor must answer these questions,” said Nyoro.
Over the weekend while in the company of Kitaeleweka, Nyoro said that what the Kiambu has lost since 2017 is a lot and he stills regrets who he joined Waititu in 2017.
Mr. Nyoro said further said that Mr. Waititu is running a county as a one-man show and told him to top politicizing the audit report, which put him in the spotlight last week, with the help of “outsiders” and instead wait for a special audit ordered by the Senate to clear him.
Deputy President William Ruto had defended Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu over Sh2.1 billion query by the Senate.
Speaking at All Saints Catholic Church in Komothai, Githunguri, Dr. Ruto said the audit queries in question should not be directed at Mr. Waititu since they touched on national Government.
“Watu wasimwulize Waititu maswali ya bure; yeye aulizwe mambo ya Kiambu County. Ile ya national government sisi tuko na mawaziri wengi wa kujibu. Tuulizwe mambo ya South Sudan, retired presidents and State House, tutajibu. Bibilia inatufudisha kila mtu atabeba msalaba wake. Huyu Baba Yao asiwekewe msalaba ambayo sio yake. Aulizwe ya Kiambu na sisi tuulizwe ya national government. (People should stop asking Waititu a lot of questions that have no basis. He should be asked questions about Kiambu County. We have Cabinet secretaries to answer queries touching on national government. We should be asked about South Sudan, retired presidents and Statehouse. The Bible tells us that everybody should carry his/her cross. Baba Yao (Waititu) should not be left to carry across that is not his. He should be asked about Kiambu, and we, about the national government,” he said.
James Nyoro on Saturday said the government should stop diversionary tactics on the matter and explain where he spent the Sh2 billion in question.
Speaking to the media at a Nairobi hotel, Dr. Nyoro said the county risked losing Sh10 billion budgetary allocation from Central Bank if it failed to account for funds.
