Find Out Why Former CS Ann Waiguru Disowned Political Analyst Mutahi Ngunyi

Former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru’s grilling session on Thursday afternoon continued on a dramatic note as the fallen ex-minister disowned political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi.

PAC Chair Nicholas Gumbo had sought to confirm with Waiguru, Ngunyi’s claim that he had been called by the former minister and asked to start working for the Devolution Ministry without a tender process or advertisement. In response, Waiguru denied the allegation insisting that she was not the government officer who contracted Ngunyi’s firm but added that she had worked well with the Consulting House - a security consultancy firm owned by the political analyst. “Everything Mutahi Ngunyi says is not always true, I take what he says with a pinch of salt,” the former Devolution boss told MPs.

She further claimed that the explanation provided by the political analyst with regard to an excess payment of Sh10 Million paid to him did not add up. “If you go to your bank and find money that does not belong to you, it is upon you to refund to the rightful owner,” she stated.

The MPs were not satisfied with the answer and continued to probe Waiguru on who had rewarded the multimillion contracts to Ngunyi’s firm. Confirming to the committee,Ngunyi said that he neither tendered nor approached the ministry for the contracts he carried out.

He told us you called him on his phone and asked him to start working...that everything else would be a formality, how do you then claim you did not award him the tender?” Gumbo wondered. The probing was not kindly received by Waiguru and she responded firmly, “I am stating here on the record that I am not the one who hired him (Ngunyi) if someone else says I did - then that’s their record”. The matter ended there as she declined to expound on the circumstances leading to the hiring of Ngunyi and his team.

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