Ministry of Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has clarified that the woman President William Ruto described as corrupt to the core was fired on May 29, 2023.
CS Murkomen made the statement in his social media account on Tuesday, August 1 evening in response to President Ruto’s directive to have the corrupt government official dismissed from her duties.
According to the Transport CS, the official reportedly serving in a senior capacity in his ministry, was procedurally laid off.
“For the avoidance of doubt the officer mentioned by HE President Ruto was dismissed from the government agency on 29th of May 2023 after the due process was followed,” Murkomen tweeted.
Ruto Condemning Corruption in Ministries
While speaking on Tuesday, August 1 during the signing of performance contracts for cabinet secretaries at State House Nairobi, President William Ruto condemned the graft in ministries.
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Moreover, Dr. Ruto exclusively highlighted the government official in the Ministry of Roads and Transport saying she believed she was untouchable and was ‘corrupt to the core’.
“There was one lady in one of the Roads department, corrupt to the core, to the extent that she could not be transferred by anybody, even by the Minister, because if she was transferred she would go to court, buy the court process and make sure that she is returned, that is the kind of chronic that corruption has taken us,” Ruto said.
In addition, the Head of State revealed that the corrupt official was abetting mismanagement of public resources and always got away with it through crooked means.
“I hope Kipchumba Murkomen, I hope that lady no longer works for the government of Kenya. We cannot have such. There are people who have made government offices their private property.”
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Furthermore, President William Ruto warned all Cabinet Secretaries against entertaining corruption in their respective ministries.
He called on the CSs to stay woke on what happens in their dockets even as he expressed his disappointment that some of them were not aware of what happens in their ministries.
