Waiguru denies involvement in NYS scam, says she has never met Irungu
What you need to know:
- She also said she was living in Kitusuru at the time Ms Irungu claims they met in Runda.
- Ms Waiguru called her and several other people for a meeting at her Runda home when the Central Bank questioned the NYS payments.
Former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru has said she has never met Josephine Kabura Irungu, the woman behind the latest allegations that the former minister was involved in the Sh791 million National Youth Service (NYS) scam.
Speaking to Nation FM on Tuesday morning, Ms Waiguru said the allegations were "ridiculous", and blamed corruption cartels, who she said were out to spoil her name.
Ms Waiguru also posted on her Twitter page what she called inconsistencies in Ms Irungu’s affidavit.
She said the alleged meeting with Mr Adan Harakhe in 2014 was “impossible” as he joined the ministry at the end of February 2015.
She also said she was living in Kitusuru at the time Ms Irungu claims they met in Runda.
“I actually lived in Kitusuru, at the time she says we met in Runda, several facts are wrong,” she tweeted.
According to Ms Irungu’s sworn affidavit, Ms Waiguru called her and several other people for a meeting at her Runda home when the Central Bank questioned the NYS payments.
NGUNYI DENIES CLAIMS
She claimed that political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi, who worked as a consultant for the NYS, Mr Hassan Noor, who was the chief of staff at the Devolution Ministry, Mr Harakhe and Mr Joseph Mugwanja, the director of the Banking Fraud Department were present at the meeting.
Mr Ngunyi has since denied that he was at the said meeting.
He posted on his Twitter page that the affidavit sworn by Ms Irungu “is a lie”.
In papers filed in court on Monday, Ms Irungu claimed that Ms Waiguru was at the centre of the scandal and knew what was going on all along.
She says Ms Waiguru played a key role in devising devious schemes to divert public attention and mislead investigative agencies from getting to the bottom of the scandal.
In her affidavit, Ms Irungu claimed Ms Waiguru helped her register the companies she used to do business with the NYS, adding that the former CS also gave her specific instructions to open a bank account.
On Tuesday, Ms Waiguru denied the allegations, saying this was just another attack on her. "I think we all know them (cartels). We are just in a situation," she said.
