Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria on Tuesday gave credence to the claim that Western countries helped President William Ruto win the 2022 poll.
Speaking during an interview with a local radio station, Kuria alleged that Western envoys from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union played an instrumental role in ensuring that President Ruto ascended to the top seat, especially during the vote tallying period when the whole country was tense.
CS Kuria accused a section of powerful individuals from the previous government, whom he did not name, of plotting to subvert Ruto's win just moments before the formal announcement by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
Kuria claimed that at the time, by virtue of being a key member of Ruto's campaign machinery, he called the 3 envoys and asked them to avail themselves at the Bomas of Kenya.
Their presence at the national tallying centre, Kuria said, would ensure that the tense situation did not escalate into chaos and the integrity of the election was maintained.
“So I told Duale and Ndindi Nyoro, these people are going to put us on task. So I quickly made a phone call to ambassadors from the Western countries, since I was the one coordinating them," Kuria remarked.
Kuria alleged a section of senior government officials from the past regime planned to harm senior UDA campaign team members by instigating wrangles at the Bomas of Kenya.
According to the CS, the presence of the ambassadors helped quell the alleged plot.
"I called US, UK, and EU ambassadors, convinced them to come to Bomas so that they could witness the unfoldings by themselves, so that if by any case anything occurs or even deaths, they would have been there to witness, that one big thing that saved us,” Kuria noted.
According to Kuria, the irate atmosphere at the Bomas of Kenya that preceded the announcement of the presidential election results made him panic in fear.
“I was not sure if we could have come out of the Bomas of Kenya alive, there was a looming danger, and we were very few, you know the other side had the government and they were very many," Kuria stated.
"They really angered us, and despite being sure that we had won, the looming danger at Bomas made me fearful."
The CS recalled spending four days at Bomas of Kenya, and through the short period, he was forced to exercise a lot of patience and resilience. He was also alive to the fact that anything could happen in that window.
"I knew we were going to win the election, the problem was that we were competing with very powerful people," the CS said.
