A Jubilee politician has revealed how Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru spent Sh52 Million meant for President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election campaigns.
On Monday, the politician defended Ms Waiguru against media reports that she misused the money terming them as malicious and meant to soil her reputation.
MCA James Murango, who is the Majority leader in the Kirinyaga assembly disclosed that all the money that was allocated for the campaign had been accounted for.
"Firstly, the amount quoted in the media is false; whereas pledges amounted to Sh32 million, only Sh12,240,000 was contributed in cash to the campaign account at Cooperative Bank. An additional Sh4,500,000 was given by Kirinyaga professionals from their separate account.
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"Every shilling that was contributed was used to finance county campaign activities that were held and paid for in full. The on-going smear campaign is a calculated move by some leaders affiliated to cartels that have held the people of Kirinyaga hostage for years," he conveyed.
Mr Murango added that Ms Waiguru was not a signatory to the campaign account where the money was deposited stating that Mwea MP Wachira Kabinga, MCA Wanjiru Njeru and Alister Murimi were in charge of the account.
"It is important to note that neither the Governor nor the Deputy Governor was a signatory to this account. The public should also know contributors either gave cash to the campaign kitty or directly funded campaign activities," he stated.
The MCA explained that contributions went directly to the campaign.
"Purity Ngirici pledged Sh1,000,000. Others were Kabinga who pledged Sh500,000 but only gave Sh200,000 in cash.
"Kirinyaga Central MP Munene Wambugu who pledged Sh1 million but only gave Sh200,000 in cash and Ndia MP George Kariuki who pledged Sh500,000 but did not give any cash to the campaign kitty," he explained.
He stated that county members pledged Sh4.2 Million but only gave Sh1.8 Million.
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