State House Spokesperson and Head of the Presidential Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU), Kanze Dena earlier statement that the house gift from president Uhuru Kenyatta to Ngaruiya’s mother was agreed upon in Ms Kamau’s (Ngaruiya’s mother) meeting with the President has been contradicted by the Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Chimwaga Mongo, who on Sunday claimed that President only promised the payment of Dennis’ school fees, not a house.
Mr Mongo made the remarks as he handed over the house to ‘a deserving occupant’ after Ngaruiya’s mother rejected it.
He claimed that unknown people “sat down and decided” to come up with the idea of a plot as an extension of Mr Kenyatta’s goodwill.
He explained that when Ms Kamau went to State House, there was no promise to buy a plot and build her a house.
“The only promise President Kenyatta made was for the full payment of Dennis’ school fees. There was no promise to build a house or anything else,” he said.
“The promise of paying school fees is intact … nobody has interfered with it.”
To end the stalemate, Mr Mongo said, the house was handed to a “deserving” person at a ceremony on Sunday.
The commissioner handed over the house to one Mr Macharia Gachie, 58, as Ms Kamau rejected it saying it was substandard.
“We tried in vain to convince Ms Kamau and her son to accept the house so we decided to hand it over to a deserving Kenyan,” he said.
Mr Mongo said the new beneficiary was selected as he has six children, three of whom are physically disabled.
“We had three names from which Mr Gachie’s was picked. We were ordered from above to hand over the house officially and end this stalemate,” he said.