CS Murkomen reveals ‘corrupt to core’ officer blasted by Ruto was fired in May
By Wycliffe Nyamasege, August 1, 2023
Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has confirmed that an official in his ministry, whom he was ordered to dismiss on account of being corrupt by President William Ruto is no longer working with the agency.
In a statement on Tuesday, Murkomen revealed that the woman was procedurally sacked on May 29, 2023.
“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 said in a tweet.
Earlier, President Ruto, while detailing the rot in ministries, described the officials as “corrupt to the core”.
Speaking during the signing of performance contracts for cabinet secretaries at State House on Tuesday morning, the Head of State said the woman believed she was untouchable.
“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,” the President said.
“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,” he added.
At the same time, the President warned the CSs against entertaining graft in ministries even as he decried that some of the officers were not aware of what happens in their dockets.
“I shall hold every officer in the government office to account for their office. I will deal with negligence, misappropriation of funds corruption. I have found that many of you don’t know anything that is happening in your ministry through our interactions. I call many PS and ask them what is happening and yet they are not aware of what is happening, how do you run a ministry without information? That is the highest level of incompetence,” Ruto said.