Raila Odinga and William Ruto have been urged to exercise restraint in a bid to safeguard national unity and help Uhuru achieve his legacy.
To actualize the Big Four development agenda we have to address issues with measured tones to ensure political calmness, harmony and tranquility.
However, Ruto and Odinga have been on a collision path over the ongoing investigation into alleged loss of Sh21 billion allocated for the construction of two dams in Elgeyo Marakwet.
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While Ruto has insisted that only Sh7.8 billion is in question in the said project, none of which had been lost, Odinga has dismissed Ruto “for trivializing the matter.”
“If we’re discussing about the theft of the dams don’t come and tell us that it was not Sh21 billion but Sh7 billion. How did you know?” Odinga said when he addressed the devolution conference
Dr Ruto has told off Raila that he has no moral authority to lecture anybody on corruption, adding that he was not an angel.
“We are asking our friends who have come into our house to relax and not to create issues. We know our friends; we know they are not angels and have not come from Britain as they may think,” said Ruto.
Odinga had dismissed Ruto “for trivializing the matter,” ragarding the dams
“If we’re discussing about the theft of the dams don’t come and tell us that it was not Sh21 billion but Sh7 billion. How did you know?” Odinga said when he addressed the devolution conference on Wednesday.
He dismissed as diversionary, remarks by a section of leaders accusing the Directorate of Criminal Investigations of a witch-hunt in the war against corruption.
“When a thief steals and they are being chased, they would often create confusion and have a mob descend on the wrong person by pretending they are also running after a thief,” Odinga said.
He told off Deputy President Ruto for dismissing reports that Sh21 billion alleged to have been paid for the construction of two dams in Elgeyo Marakwet had been lost, saying investigators should be given room to independently probe the matter.
The furious DP lashed at Raila saying that he (Raila) was a ‘master of deceit who always spewed desperate lies’.
“Those who believe in witchcraft, the magicians and those who worship evil spirits are offended and do not like what we are doing in churches. We are telling them we are not going to stop participating in the development of churches,” Ruto said.