Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo has come out to clear the air over his successor Governor Babayao Waititu’s allegations that the previous administration prepared contentious budget exposed by the Senate on Thursday.
The current Governor had alleged that Kabogo and his administration were the ones responsible for the budget meant to cover the 2017/18 period.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke on phone, Kabogo refuted the accusations revealing that his administration was in charge of the 2016-17 budget and not the 2017-18 budget that has put Waititu on the spotlight.
“This is not something that required my response but there are rumours and when you are quiet, rumours spread and the more they spread the more believable they are,” Kabogo told our news desk.
“He [Waititu] should stop blaming people left right and center, he had his opportunity before cameras and the whole world to clear his name. Why did he seem so clueless?” Kabogo questioned.
In a document sent to his Twitter, Kabogo revealed the last budget that was passed by the county assembly during his term.
“This is a document that was passed by the county assembly, it is not something authored by Kabogo,” the flamboyant politician stated.
He also questioned Waititu’s academic credentials over the fact that he was unable to interpret his own budget.
“He claims to have a degree in economics but the documents looked like Greek to him,” Kabogo pointed out.
The former Kiambu head went on to dismiss another document that appeared online purportedly from the Kiambu Sports and Communication CEC calling for the area Senator Kimani Wamatangi to be investigated for tampering with the crucial document.
“He has been given 45 days to put his house in order, he should be down at work to find out what went wrong, he should familiarize himself with the documents before then. I appeared before the Senate seven times but finally cleared my name,” he added.
Waititu had appeared before the Senate County Public Accounts and Investments Committee to defend his county's expenditure.
