Citizen TV anchor Waihiga Mwaura threatened to mute former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo during a heated debate on Thursday, October 1.
In the televised event, Mwaura had invited four panelists which included former Nairobi Speaker Beatrice Elachi, Kiminini MP Chris Wamalwa, Amnesty International Chair Renee Ngamau and Kabogo to discuss corruption ailing the state.
During the discussion, Kabogo insinuated that MPs were corrupt and that in many instances, they only awarded Constituency Development Funds (CDF) tenders to their kin, something that appalled Wamalwa.
Kabogo went ahead to claim that during his tenure as an MP, he saw corrupt dealings dominating Parliamentary Committees.
"Don't sanctify that house, it is a house of rot. I know committees where public funds have exchanged hands. I know where government has lost houses to MPs
"I was an MP and I am not saying I am very clean, but Waihiga you will not find me with some of this dirt," he stated.
Waihiga later questioned him on why he did not report the cases to the authorities, yet he claimed to know individuals and committees that engaged in corruption.
"I was actually going to ask you. It sounds like you know so much, I wish you had reported this to authorities beyond stating this on TV," he stated.
To absolve himself, Kabogo revealed that he was vocal against the issue in Parliament revealing that all his efforts had been recorded in the Hansard report.
"You know Waihiga, you want to blame me by pinning me down on what I reported... You can't pin me down on saying that I did not report, how do you know I did not report. This is a very serious matter," he responded.
Wamalwa chimed in accusing Kabogo of being an accomplish of corruption for not reporting the issue at the time which turned into a shouting match.
The turn of events forced Mwaura to step in and demand order to the point of threatening to mute Kabogo and Wamalwa's microphones during the live broadcast.
The debate came at a time the state is grappling with a loss of Ksh2.3 billion to corruption connected to Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) Covid-19 supplies.
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu told the Senate on Wednesday, September 30, that some of the companies that won the tenders had been in existence for less than a year.
Below is the video of Waihiga and Kabogo:
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