Gachagua: Gov't Officials Stole Sh16 Billion in Uhuru's Final Days in Office

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claims Sh16 billion was stolen from public coffers in the final days of former president Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration.

Gachagua alleges that the money was stashed in cartons and flown in choppers to the homes of some senior government officials, whom he did not name.

The deputy president says Sh10 billion was stolen during the presidential election petition while Sh6 billion was embezzled two days before the August 9th, 2022, general election.

“Two days before the elections, they stole Sh6 billion and pretended to sell some shares from Telkom. When there was a case before the Supreme Court, they stole another Sh10 billion purportedly to pay some contractors,” Gachagua says.

“Money was being brought in cartons at Wilson Airport and flown in choppers to people's homes. And these are the people now unaskia wanaambiwa kuja andika statement kidogo, anaingia ndege anatoroka. And these people, who are thieves, were calling others thieves. They ripped this country…. They took everything.”

Gachagua, who was addressing a group of professionals from Tetu, Nyeri, at a Nairobi hotel on Friday evening, insisted that the Kenya Kwanza administration inherited a collapsed economy from Kenyatta’s regime but President Ruto is committed to fixing the menace.

“I said during my inauguration about the country we inherited... some people thought I was being mischievous. We inherited a dilapidated country, the coffers were empty, the stores were empty, not even rats were there because there was nothing to eat,” Gachagua noted.

“We have started building this country from scratch. All the good work that President Mwai Kibaki did in 10 years was totally destroyed. All the good work Kibaki did of building a strong economy, of having thriving businesses, of allowing people to trade freely, of making sure there is money circulating in the economy, all of it was destroyed especially during the handshake era.”