As the country gears upon the release by the Azimio flag-bearer Hon Raila Amollo Odinga on what to do after the 14 days ultimatum, Kenya Kwanza brigade led by UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala has launched an attack on the former prime minister and his handshake brother Uhuru Kenyatta.
According to Malala through revelations by the budget comptroller that she was forced to sign off Ksh 15 Billion by the former regime, Malala has termed the act unlawful and has called for the immediate investigations to the matter and the perpetrators arrested and put to book. And on this matter he asked the former Prime Minister not to endulge Kenyans in a fiasco that he was a part in the first place. Below is what Malala said during a press conference he called alongside other Kenya Kwanza leaders.
“PRESS RELEASE
A 26 MINUTE HEIST; THE HANDSHAKE LOOT
The revelations by the controller of budget yesterday was extremely shocking, astonishing, inconceivable and simply depressing. Stealing over 15 billion Kenyan shillings in under 26 minutes just before the end of Uhuru’s tenure is deeply troubling. It is outrageous that these two so-called “handshake partners” were actually partners in crime!
The controller of the budget has confirmed that 4 billion was released to pay maize millers for subsidies, yet the maize millers never received the money. This was yet another act of shameless theft by the handshake brothers.
The political hypocrisy by the Azimio leaders witnessed in the recent past is traumatizing to Kenyans who are facing hard economic times. As if stealing tens of billions within minutes is not enough, the thieves are not even courteous enough to pay taxes.
It is painful to learn that the fuel and maize subsidies under the handshake regime were a conduit to brazenly, steal money for Raila’s campaigns. Intelligence further unfolds how the money was used afterwards to buy maize and hoard just to create artificial shortage.
Odinga and his friends are responsible for pilfering public coffers to its dry bone. We demand that that the handshake regime account for the monies they stole because they used Ukur Yatani to steal the money to fund Raila’s Presidential campaign and brutalize Kenyans who demanded accountability. The Kenyan people deserve leaders who are honest and accountable, not those who use their position to enrich themselves at the expense of the people.
Azimio led by Raila Odinga have planned protests tomorrow; but before they do so, they must come out clean on where they took the money. They must also show Kenyans where they hid the maize and when they are ready to release it. Kenyans are not giving in to the continuous theatrics (kipindi) that are meant to distract them from knowing the truth about the all-time loot that has messed the country.
As government, we want to applaud the boldness of Madam Nyakang’o to reveal the unimaginable dirt. We also want to call upon any state officer or office holder that was coarsed or intimidated to sign or illegally transact public monies to come out and confess.
We demand that Raila and his friend take responsibility for their actions and repay the money they have stolen. We also ask Kenyans not to be hoodwinked and used by the selfish leaders to advance their parochial egoistic interests.
We urge the anti-graft agencies to hastily commence investigations in light of the revelations by Controller of Budget and unearth all the corrupt leaders and their accomplices. We also demand an audit of all the capital projects undertaken by the rogue handshake regime in view of ascertaining whether public funds were expended on private businesses.
The investigations should also not be limited to pilferage on public funds but deliberate collapse of institutions, repatriation of looted money stashed on offshore accounts and suspicious tax exemptions by compromised officers at KRA.
To crush impunity, we demand that investigations extends to those that misused public facilities, ordered extra judicial killings, forced disappearances and wanton destruction of livelihoods through a weaponized criminal justice system.
All the culpable public officers who were used to steal from Kenyans must face full force of the law and no amount of maandamano or cajoling will save them from the wrath of wananchi and the independent authorities constitutionally mandated to execute their duties.
Kenyans want food and not Maandamano!
Kenyans deserve Justice!
Kenya must be Fixed!
Sen. Cleophas Malalah
by: RealGithiri