Dont resign over Afya House Scandal, MP to Mailu, Muraguri

Kieni MP Kanini Kega has told Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu and Principal Secretary Nicholas Muraguri to stay put amid growing pressure for their resignation over the Afya House Scandal.

Speaking in Nyeri on Saturday, Kega said that the alleged loss of Ksh.3 billion at the Ministry of Health is unfounded since there is no confirmation from the Auditor General on the same.

“We in Parliament cannot just rely on papers that have not been approved by the Auditor General to confirm that money was lost at the Health Ministry,” he said, adding: “My message to PS Muraguri and CS Mailu is that they should ignore calls for their resignation and stay put.”

Kega said that the Opposition’s calls for the resignation of Mailu and Muraguri are baseless and aimed at destabilising the Jubilee government.

Duale also rubbished recent pronouncements by Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) leader Raila Odinga against Jubilee government over alleged corruption scandals, saying they would not give him attention, but instead focus on development.

“While CORD is busy planning protests and spreading propaganda, we are busy improving security, paying examination fees for Standard Eight and Form Four students and also providing water in various counties in the country,” said the Garissa Township MP.

Moses Kuria, in his speech, said that Raila is out to disorient the country with unsubstantiated allegations against the country.

Raila has in the past four weeks moved to unearth what he considered corruption scandals touching on Jubilee government.

On October 10th, Raila told the government to stop the construction of the northern water collector at the Aberdare region, a project he said is being undertaken secretly.

Odinga said the Northern Water Collector Tunnel Project, allegedly funded by the World Bank, would have dire effect on the people living on the Tana River basin, Murang’a, Garissa and Ukambani regions.

Water Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa however said that Raila’s utterances are untruthful adding that the project being undertaken by the government is not secretive.

“What surprised me is that Raila Odinga claims the project is being secretly implemented by the Jubilee administration. I don’t want to accuse him of selective amnesia because I deeply respect him,” said Wamalwa.

“The water supplied to Nairobi is 540,000 cubic meters yet what we require is over 700,000 cubic meters. We have about 6 million people in Nairobi every day, and Nairobi doesn’t have its own water,” he said.

On October 28, Raila weighed in on the alleged loss of Ksh3 billion at the Ministry of Health linking President Uhuru Kenyatta’s close relatives and friends to the companies that illegally received tenders in what has now been termed as the Afya House Scandal.

The CORD leader was at it again two days ago, accusing Jubilee of initiating Itare dam water project, located South West Mau Forest Water Tower that would divert water from several rivers to Nakuru County.

“The project would divert water from rivers Songol, Kipsonoi, Itare Ndoinet, Sise, Itare Kiptiget, Itare Chemosit, Timbilil, Diony Soet, Yurith, Kipchorian, Chemosir and Jamju in Bomet and Kericho counties at the source in the Mau Forest for onward transmission to particular towns in Nakuru County.”

“The affected counties; Bomet, Kericho, Narok, Kisii, Migori, Nyamira and Kisumu, deserve explanation as we also demand people public participation on all these areas.”

In response, Wamalwa termed Raila’s claims as petty politics saying the Itare water dam project would not dry up the rivers in the surrounding ecosystem as Odinga had claimed.

ODM Secretary General Agnes Zani has backed Raila’s relentless efforts to hold the government to account saying they will continue with the trend until election time.