The Deputy President’s office has
promised to get to the bottom of the
matter involving the alleged loss of
documents used in the hire of the
hustler's jet.
The aircraft was hired to take Deputy
President William Ruto on a tour of four
African countries in May.
The Chief of Staff in Ruto's office
Marianne Kitany yesterday told the Public
Accounts Committee of the National
Assembly that investigations have been
launched into the loss of the LSOs and
why the LSO that approved the payment
was not signed by the accountant
responsible.
“I will ensure that the investigations are
concluded in time so that those at fault
are brought to book,” she said.
Kitany said that apart from the Somalia
security issues, the trip was organised to
increase intra-Africa trade and
repatriation of the more than 500,000
refugees currently in camps in Kenya.
She said the trip to Nigeria, Algeria, Congo
and Gabon came ahead of the African
Union summit, where the Somalia
situation was to be featured prominently.
On Tuesday, two officers behind the
procurement process gave different
accounts before the committee.
Evans Nyachieo, the head of procurement,
and his junior Simon Okoth have since
been transferred to Industrialisation and
Treasury ministries respectively.
Okoth, the former custodian of the LSOs
at the DP’s office, told the committee
that no document was lost and he is not
aware of any internal communication to
the effect.
He said the alleged lost documents had
indeed been used for a different
procurement under the title Uniglobe.
Nyachieo however said he had notified all
his staff of the loss through internal
memos.
The chairman of the committee,
Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba, later
accused Nyachieo of perjury and recalled
him for further questioning.