Interior PS Karanja Kibicho on Saturday, September 4, warned Deputy President William Ruto allies against insulting his boss CS Fred Matiang'i and other officials over the DP's security detail.
His warning came just days after some of Ruto's allies, including Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi uttered unprintables against Matiang'i and President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Kibicho, who was addressing the media from Kirinyaga County, said their remarks were baseless, adding that the Ministry was interested in serving Kenyans rather than politicking.
He endorsed sentiments made by Matiang'i when he appeared before the National Assembly Committee on Administration and National Security, saying that the ministry will continue with the rearrangement of security.
“There is a rise in personal attacks directed at some of us, I don’t understand how the politicians will benefit from such utterances,” Kibicho stated.
The DP's allies were enraged after the CS listed what he claimed were Ruto's properties and the number of the security detail attached to each.
They sarcastically welcomed the 'lifestyle audit', threatened to expose what they called "illegal land dealings by President Uhuru Kenyatta's family".
Speaking while at Deputy President's Karen Residence in Nairobi County, on Thursday, September 2, Ruto allies were livid at Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS), Fred Matiang'i, who gave an 'exaggerated' lifestyle audit of Ruto.
"Matiang'i has done the right thing by introducing the topic of land ownership... And we will now start addressing land issues now that they have brought up the topic.
"We want to know who stole Mau Mau parcels of land in Kahawa and in Nakuru; who owns those parcels of land and how many GSU officers are guarding them?" inquired Gachagua.
On his part, the DP admitted to owning 70% of the property that Matiang'i listed. He added that some key details were not included on the list, terming it a faulty 'lifestyle audit' and dismissed it as misleading and inconsequential.
