Suna East Member of Parliament Junet Mohamed has sharply differed with Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna on who mismanaged the funds donated by former President Uhuru Kenyatta meant to pay ODM election agents in the 2022 General Election.
Sifuna had accused Junet of pocketing the funds, thus costing the late Raila Odinga the presidency in 2022, where he lost to President William Ruto.
However, in a statement on social media, the National Assembly Minority Leader shifted the blame to Uhuru himself, whom he has recently been attacking verbally during rallies, accusing him of not helping Raila win the top seat.
Junet disclosed that Uhuru released the funds meant for election agents to his blood brother, Muhoho Kenyatta.
"Muhoho Kenyatta then appointed one Patrick Mburu to take charge of the recruitment and payment of agents. Mburu presented himself as an IT expert, claiming he had the capacity to detect and prevent any manipulation of results by the IEBC. Around the time, Muhoho Kenyatta operated from an office in Westlands that was so restricted that even Raila Odinga, the party’s presidential candidate, could not access it freely. It is from this office — out of bounds for nearly all of us — that they claimed to handle the agents' payments and other logistics," disclosed Junet.The lawmaker regretted that once Muhoho took charge, he never procured any agents for Raila terming the scheme a long con that cost them the presidency.
He challenged Uhuru and Muhoho to challenge his narrative, adding if it was true that it was him who mismanaged the funds, Raila would not have appointed him the National Assembly Minority Leader.
