Wambora reveals how Inspector General of Police, Interior Cabinet Secretary saved him from death

The tussle for the control of the county government of Embu in 2014 was so vicious, and the Embu County boss Martin Wambora says the then Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo and ex-Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Lenku separately warned him about his security.

The warning made Wambora, a veteran provincial administrator, to live a secretive and unpredictable life.

“They told me Governor be careful. Don’t always be in your house. Be careful where you eat,” he recalled the chilling warning.

“I have been security chairman as District Commissioner for Baringo so I knew the realities and what they were speaking about,”

“You avoid night meetings, completely. Don’t announce your route of travel. Just appear in a place and do what you are going to do and move on.”

But he admits the impeachment periods was a difficult time.

According to the Star, his lowest moment was when the courts barred him from going to his office for a record two months. His wife and children remained his pillars of strength.

“They would tell me dad don’t worry, you know you are a good person. You are the best dad. We know you are honest. We have not seen anything you have taken from the public,” the father of two girls and two boys told the Star

According to Wambora, millions set aside for the tarmacking of the 12.7km Kibogo Road, which cuts through the most productive areas of Embu, was diverted at the time.

He says the money was shared by greedy MCAs and some unscrupulous county government staff under the guise of grading roads.

Wambora was impeached for allegedly  violating the Public Procurement and Disposal Act 2005 and Regulations 2013, the Public Finance and Management Act and the Constitution.

But Wambora, a graduate of economics and political science from Makerere University and MBA from Hartford University, US, says he has procurement laws at his fingertips.

 

 

 

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