Jubilee Vice Chairperson David Murathe on Wednesday evening, May 12, disclosed that he run broke when he joined parliament as Gatanga MP in 1997.
Murathe was responding to claims that his proximity with President Uhuru Kenyatta have helped him accrue wealth over the years.
"I have grown up in business. I am not taking advantage of my proximity with the president. I am not in government, I don't work for the government but I am a businessman," Murathe stated on KTN News.
He revisited his decision to file for bankruptcy as part of a strategy to protect his businesses which were being targeted by people he owed money.
"I was rich before I went to parliament but when I went to parliament I became broke, I even had to take the receiving order," he added.
Murathe explained that he had the largest computer company in Kenya, earning him more than Ksh100 million a year.
"At the time, people like Rigathi Gachagua were earning Ksh3,500 as District Officers (DO's) in Molo," Murathe quipped.
The Jubilee Vice-Chairperson maintained that he had risen up the ranks, bearing in mind that his father was a hustler who worked for Kenya Bus as a conductor, an inspector and later as a salesman driver.
Previously, Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua had accused him of using his proximity to the President to regain his wealth.
"Today you are a multi-millionaire, you have made all this money yet nobody is asking you how you made it...when the president came to power you made deals with the Chinese," he said.
Speaking on matters Jubilee, Murathe noted that the removal of nominated senator Isaac Mwaura was a done deal.
"He will be fighting as an outsider, not as a senator," he stated.
Murathe added that Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria, Nominated MP Cecily Mbarire and Nominated Senator Millicent Omanga also face expulsion from the party.
Kuria is accused of insubordination against President Uhuru Kenyatta after fronting George Koimburi as a candidate in the May 18 Juja by-election.
On the other hand, Mbarire and Omanga were accused of opposing the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
