Uasin Gishu woman representative Gladys Boss Shollei and Meru senator Mithika Linturi accused the president of speaking from two sides of his mouth when his family does business with his own government.
Shollei who was reacting to the new bill which is aimed at curbing corruption within the State corporations, challenged the Kenyatta family to also declare interest of conflict.
The legislator further claimed Brookside Dairies, which is associated with Uhuru’s family is currently the main milk supplier to all early childhood education centres in Nairobi county.
“Governor Sonko gave the contract to Brookside Dairies to supply to all ECD education centres in Nairobi county. It’s owned by the Kenyatta family, it was even started by the Head of State himself when he was still a businessman,” he said on Sunday, December 22.
The new bill which is yet to be submitted to the Cabinet for approvals and subsequent debate in parliament, is expected to seal corruption loopholes within the State corporations.
Speaking during the 2019 Jamhuri Day celebrations, the president pointed out that a number of public servants had absconded their duties to focus on private practice thus influencing tendering decisions.
“The position is simple; you either serve the public in the role you signed up for or you serve the republic as a private practitioner. It is a profound conflict of interest to do both,” he said.
Ironically, National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattani approved tax waiver to Commercial Bank of Africa when it merged with NIC Group PLC.
The commercial bank is one of the business empires under Kenyatta family.
“The other day, a private bank was given a waiver by the government thus occasioning loss of revenue to the State,” added Mithika.
