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Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju has called out the Deputy President William Ruto to explain the growth of his wealth from 100 Million to Billions among a host of other things, in the recent public disclosures about his wealth.
This comes after Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiangi revealed before the members of Parliament some of DP Ruto’s properties that are protected by State police officers, following uproar from his quarters over the reshuffling of his security.
Tuju, in a hard-hitting statement delivered on Today, seemingly took a swipe at the DP over how fast he has managed to grow his wealth within a span of 7 years.
Tuju said the DP in 2015 revealed that he was worth Ksh.100 million, only for it to now emerge, following CS Matiang’i’s revelations, that he could actually be worth a few billions.
“By his own accounts, the deputy president is on video record when he told Kenyans that he was worth Ksh.100 million some time in 2015. In the intervening 7 years, he has worked very hard in his businesses and now therefore he has assets like choppers, hotels, and land worth billions of shillings,” he said.
“We would like to congratulate Dr. Ruto for being able to make such amazing strides in business even as he was studying for his PhD concurrently with running a multi-billion shilling empire and carrying the heavy burden of working as number two in command and being involved in presidential campaigns on his Sundays, still sparing time to do Harambee from his hard-earned sweat money. From our records, he has been more generous than Safaricom and other blue-chip companies.”
Tuju said that by reportedly acknowledging ownership of at least 3,600 acres of land, DP Ruto ought to practice the Chinese saying of ‘do not give fish but show somebody how to fish,’ urging him to hence demonstrate to young people the skills necessary to achieve the same feat.
“May it please the deputy president Dr. William Ruto EGH, UPL, DL, CH to show these young people all the skills and how to acquire such property in such a short time. He should teach us, the clueless adults in this country, how we can do the same,” said Tuju.