Governor Anne Waiguru Demands for Crucial NYS Evidence From Josephine Kabura

Kirinyaga governor Anne Mumbi Waiguru asked authorities to investigate Josephine Kabura for giving a false sworn statement.

Waiguru noted that Kabura should reveal who pushed her to author a damning affidavit on the National Youth Service scandal which the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) claims were false. 

The governor observed it was not enough to charge Kabura with lying under oath adding she should name who she was working with.

Waiguru remarked that Kabura's affidavit ruined her career as Devolution Cabinet secretary, alongside seven other people who she linked to a multi-million shilling scandal.

EACC stated that after conducting an investigation with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, no evidence was found to support the affidavit. 

However, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji, rejected a recommendation by EACC to charge Kabura for lying under oath, instead of calling for additional investigations. 

Governor Waiguru backed the DPP's sentiments stating: “I agree with what the DPP has said, that there should be further investigations. It is not enough to say that Kabura should be charged because the question is if she took the money and she claims she brought it to me and they have confirmed she did not bring it to me, then who did she give the money to?”

She added: "They need to call out who her accomplices are and who she was working for because our reputations have been ruined and our careers were messed up because of the allegations. I would love to know who was behind her because Kabura was not working by herself. She did not draft that affidavit by herself; she has accomplices. Who are they and who does she work for?”

The EACC wrote to DPP Haji on June 12 informing him that the hairdresser had knowing mislead them about the scam.

“EACC together with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations has established that the allegations against the suspects were bereft of truth, were denied in totality and there is no evidence to support the same,” a Gazette notice published by the EACC read. 

The Kirinyaga governor stated that she was happy she had finally been vindicated, adding that Kabura's allegations had been a heavy burden to shoulder.

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