Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday promised Kenyans that he would use his position to ensure that the government delivers on the construction of the troubled dams.
Ruto maintained that the Jubilee government was competent and full of integrity.
“Mimi nimazumguza hapa kama Naibu wa Rais, and I am not mad na sivuti bangi…nasema tuko na mabwawa ya maji. Tumelipa lakini tuko na matatizo kidogo ya land compensation. Thwake, Itare, Kimwarer, Arror, hii yetu hapa ya Naro Moru, ya Karemenu hapa Nyeri, hii mabwawa tutanjenga.
(I’m speaking as the Deputy President, and I am not mad and I don’t smoke bhang. We have made payments but we are facing difficulties with land compensation. We will have dams in Thwake, Itare, Kimwarer, Arror and right here in Naro Moru)” he declared.
The DP reassured Kenyans that no public resources will be embezzled as the government rolls out its development projects.
“We have done this in other projects and we will do this for our dams,” he remarked.
Furthermore, he cautioned that public officers found culpable of engaging in corruption will have to ‘face the music’.
Ruto stated that the government was keen on ensuring that the on-going fight against corruption was objective and was not being used to settle political scores.
The DP has in recent days, been forced to come out and deny claims that the government lost Ksh21 billion allocated for dam projects in various parts of the country.
On Thursday, while speaking at the State of the Judiciary & the Administration of Justice Annual Report function, held at the Supreme Court, the DP caused quite a stir following his remarks concerning the mega-dam scandal.
"You have heard that the government has lost about Ksh21 billion which is a flat lie! The money in question is about Ksh7 billion, and for every coin that has been paid, we have a bank guarantee," he retorted.
