Mutua: Ruto Was Nearly Blocked from Obama’s Meeting over Graft Allegations

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has recounted how Deputy President William Ruto was nearly locked out of former US President Barack Obama’s meeting in Nairobi.

Speaking on Citizen TV on Thursday, Mutua said the incident happened during Obama’s visit to Kenya in 2015.

The governor noted that Obama, then-US President, was scheduled to attend a meeting at Kasarani and some diplomats tried to block Ruto over corruption allegations.

“I was a witness when president Obama came to this country…they tried to lock him [Ruto] out of Kasarani. There was a meeting that was being held and they were trying to lock out the DP from attending a meeting with President Obama, it’s a long story I’m writing it in my book…” said Mutua.

He added: “The question was issues of corruption, graft. He’s got these issues hanging over his head even to the international community that he needs to clear.”

Mutua said Ruto, who is seeking to succeed President Kenyatta in 2022, needs to set the record straight on the source of his wealth in order to clean his image.

“If I was William Ruto, I would give a spreadsheet. Show where everything comes from, all his companies, not assets but hard currency cash.”

While acknowledging that Ruto is a hardworking man whom he admires, Mutua said the deputy president needs to come clean about the source of millions he dishes out.

“This so-called bribing and giving money to groups are not helping. Ninamsaidia hapa, I’m trying to help, I’m neutral. He is a very hardworking man, I admire the way he has worked hard coming from nothing to where he has put himself, but these things continue to hang above his head,” he stated.

“If we could get clarification on the source of all that money, we will move on to ideology and other things.”