‘WE HAVE CROSSED THE RUBICON’: Linturi Blasts Ruto, Vows Political Revenge in 2027
“We need to reenact a 2002 moment in 2027,” Linturi said, alluding to the historic coalition that ended KANU’s long rule in Kenya.
“We need to reenact a 2002 moment in 2027,” Linturi said, alluding to the historic coalition that ended KANU’s long rule in Kenya.
The former deputy president also accused Ruto of tolerating corruption among his inner circle.
It is understood that those opposed to his removal were of the opinion that the impeachment motion that was filed by Bumula MP Wamboka Wanami is solely because of his affair with Kitany which played out during the hearings of the proceedings.
Senior Counsel Khaminwa, representing Hon. Wamboka, argued that “fake fertilizer was put on the market” and the CS “must be held accountable.” He accused Linturi of trivializing the motion and claimed they had “proved the case that the minister must go.”
Kariuki has been in the limelight for the last month after his company, SBL Innovate Limited, was exposed by African Uncensored for selling fake fertilizer to farmers across the country.
In the petition for the removal, Linturi is accused of exposing farmers to fraudsters who have hoodwinked them saying the quest for the removal of the Cabinet Secretary is not political or a witch-hunt.
He told the committee of how he was lured to two meetings in one day by senior government officials whose intention, he said, was to coerce him to take the blame for the fake fertiliser in the country.
Powerful politicians reached out to a journalist to have an investigative story on the fake fertiliser scandal dropped.
The Government has launched investigations into the fake fertilizer scandal that has rocked the country, warning that those found culpable will face the full wrath of the law. Through the Ministry of Agriculture, the State was however quick to note the subsidized fertilizer programme that had benefited hundreds of farmers had not been affected by […]