Junet Reveals Plan to Summon Muturi Over Sh10B Missing From Bunge Towers Construction

In what could be interpreted as a retaliatory move, Minority Leader Junet Mohammed has threatened to table a motion in Parliament to compel former Public Service Cabinet Secretary (CS) Justin Muturi to appear before the House.

The motion seeks to have Muturi explain how the cost of constructing Bunge Towers escalated by Sh10 billion during his tenure as Speaker of the National Assembly.

This development comes just days after Muturi’s scathing exposé, in which he described President William Ruto’s administration as irredeemably corrupt.

Speaking in Mombasa, where he attended the Eid Baraza on Saturday, April 5, 2025, Junet dismissed Muturi’s recent claims, arguing that the former CS should have reported the alleged corruption to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) instead of airing them publicly.

Junet also took a swipe at Muturi, recalling how the former Speaker had refused to support Raila Odinga’s presidential bid ahead of the 2022 elections.

“Before the 2022 elections, I approached him as my Speaker and asked him to support my father [Raila Odinga] for president. He told me he’d rather back ‘our thief Ruto’ than my father. Now, today, Ruto has become a bad person in his eyes. We’ve moved past such foolishness; we won’t be deceived by such tactics,” Junet remarked.

While criticizing Muturi’s accusations against Ruto, Junet also shed light on the former CS’s alleged role in the Bunge Towers scandal, calling for fresh investigations into the matter.

Muturi’s Accusations

In a revealing interview, former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi accused President William Ruto of corruption, hypocrisy, and maintaining an iron-fisted grip over his Cabinet.

Muturi claimed that Ruto pressured him to sign a Ksh129 billion tree-planting deal with Russian oligarchs and resisted attempts to force him to approve the controversial Arror and Kimwarer dam projects.

He further alleged that Ruto governs by instilling fear in his Cabinet and had initially tried to lure him into accepting the role of Attorney General.

“Justin Muturi spoke yesterday, and he said a lot. But all those things he’s saying, he should take them to the electoral body or the EACC for investigation. Because I, too, have a lot to say about him,” Junet said. “As an MP, I want to bring another motion.

“He’s talked about everything except one issue. There’s a building at Parliament called Bunge Towers, which houses MPs’ offices. When we, as MPs, sat down, that building was supposed to be constructed for Ksh6 billion. By the time Muturi came into office, it was built for Ksh27 billion. He should explain to us how that house went from Ksh6 billion to Ksh27 billion.”