Thirdway Alliance Party Leader Ekuru Aukot has said that leaders caught in the public resources embezzlement in the Auditor General’s report should be arrested and charged.

Speaking on a local TV station on Thursday, September 4, 2025, Aukot argued that it would be meaningless if public servants are caught up in graft and allowed to walk away unscathed.

Aukot has spoken when former Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati and his Bomet counterpart Hillary Barchok, have become the latest top leaders to be implicated in graft cases.

Ekuru Aukot’s sentiments also come at the time when the Controller of Budget, Margaret Nyakang’o, also released a report that laid bare public funds usage in public institutions, especially at State House, Nairobi.

He said President William Ruto’s fight against graft should be simplified by reviewing the Auditor General’s report and bringing those implicated in corruption to book.

”If I were the President of this country, I would just pick the Auditor General’s report. I work with accountants in my line of work. When we read the Auditor General’s report, the findings of the report expose leaders who have stolen public funds. Unless they are arrested and charged, we cannot achieve equality as a country. We are lacking vision in the kind of leadership we have in Kenya.”

Aukot was also reacting to the report of the Controller of Budget, Margaret Nyakang’o, which has exposed significant government expenditure at the Executive Office of the President during the 2024/2025 financial year.

In her report, Nyakang’o said, “Ksh 62 million was paid for the Kenya–South Sudan advisory services, Ksh 46 million on the Power of Mercy advisory, and Ksh450 million on counter-terrorism advisory services.”
“The office also splashed out Ksh97 million for advisory services on economic and social affairs, Ksh150 million on strategic policy advisory services, and Ksh251 million on public entities oversight entities.”

According to the report, the office spent an average of Ksh2.2 million daily on printing needs, with the annual bill amounting to Ksh817 million.

The report highlights that the money covered the production of official documents such as executive orders, performance contracts, press releases, crisis communication materials, and invitations for the many guests hosted at the State House, Nairobi.