I can tell you for sure Mr DP; someone is busy stealing our money

With his knack to articulate outrageous sentiments when it suits him, it is impossible to ignore Deputy President William Ruto. While presiding over a fundraiser at the Gikonde Catholic Parish in Nyeri County recently, Ruto is quoted to have averred that the Jubilee government had “a clear vision when making development proposals to parliament”. And while castigating those who say money collected from taxes is being lost through corruption, Ruto claimed they were “misleading Kenyans”.

In light of the arrests so far made of individuals suspected to have dipped their sticky fingers in the public coffers, the contention by Ruto demonstrates the disdain in which he holds Kenyans. The scams in the public domain, which include the heists at the National Youth Service, Kenya Power, Afya House and many more; involve public money collected through taxes. To suggest otherwise is to insult the collective intelligence of Kenyans. It is to portray the Auditor General as an erratic individual given to making improbable statements on unaccounted for money in government institutions.