Joseph Nkaissery has ordered Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria to record a statement over the Interior ministry’s Sh3.85 billion spending that has been questioned.
Kuria told Inooro FM on Tuesday morning that it is known the money was stolen from the Interior ministry under the CS’s watch.
Nkaissery said he will be held personally responsible if it is found that the statement was false, and aimed at sparking discontent with the state and contributing to economic sabotage and general insecurity.
“He must do this because it will enable the right institution to determine the truth and veracity of his claims,” Nkaissery said during a press briefing at Harambee House in Nairobi on Tuesday.
“The process is critical because no person should be allowed to appropriate the democratic guarantees provided by the constitution, to tarnish malign and bring disrepute to another Kenyan or to this country.”
The CS said the public is being treated to a “well-choreographed campaign”, whose objective is to cause disaffection with the intention of igniting mass action against the government.
“We are witnessing an upsurge of irresponsible utterances by leaders inciting members of the public against one another. Consequently, in the last fortnight, 10 Kenyans have lost their lives as a result of this,” he said.
Nkaissery said the campaign “has several strands and is most alive”, but hidden behind arguments against corruption, which he said are part of a larger plot for economic sabotage.
He instructed security agencies to invite anyone who publicly makes claims of corruption to share the information with them for further investigation.
“The country has witnessed utterances and allegations levelled on public platforms, including the media, castigating the government as irredeemably corrupt,” he said.
Last Thursday, Nkaissery said the media breached confidentiality and distorted information regarding the expenditure at the ministry.
He said the Daily Nation, Standard and the Star leaked confidential information that could “expose our security forces to significant risk”.
The CS said the media misinformed the public with reports “calculated to create a perception that there were malpractices relating to procuring security items within the Interior ministry”.
This was after a story in the Star that a mega scam is brewing at the ministry, where auditors are unable to determine whether the money was spent legally.
