Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has defended President Uhuru Kenyatta’s brother Muhoho against claims that his company imported contraband sugar.
On Tuesday, Aldai MP Cornelius Serem alleged that Protech Investment Limited, a firm reportedly owned by Muhoho, imported 180,000 metric tonnes of brown sugar into the country.
Speaking on Wednesday, Kiunjuri termed the allegations by Serem as a mere public stunt, stating that Muhoho’s company “did not even import a single grain of sugar.”
“One shouldn’t think they will gain popularity by bringing in the name of the president or his family for political reasons or to please his masters,” he said.
“It is wrong to use one’s privileged position to malign another person or politicise the war against corruption. I gave lists of all registered companies to import sugar and those who imported,” Kiunjuri added.
Kiunjuri said the claims were a ploy by some politicians to intimidate the government to stop the probe into the scandal.
“I expected that the list I gave was corrected, but for one to think they can make headlines by mentioning the name of Uhuru Kenyatta or his family in a crude, village-like manner to intimidate us is wrong,” he noted.
Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu also defended Muhoho, saying the dragging of President Uhuru’s family into the sugar scandal is a plan by politicians allied to Deputy President William Ruto to interfere with investigations.
