Ethics and Anticorruption Commission (EACC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Twalib Mbarak has hinted at launching a probe on top officials in President William Ruto’s administration over a sudden lifestyle change.
Speaking on Tuesday, January 2, the CEO noted that some top officials including Cabinet Secretaries were wearing expensive luxurious items including watches costing worth millions.
Mbarak indicated that the exorbitant spending on certain items raised red flags inviting the anti-grant body to put them under a microscope.
“When you are a CS, PS or heading any big organisation, you are under our radar. You belong to the category of highly exposed political persons,” Mbarak stated.
“This person now wears a wristwatch worth Ksh10 million and before he entered into this government he had nothing. So those are now red flags that this man, he may be doing something,” Mbarak stated.
However, he did not reveal the names of the top officials in Ruto’s administration under the EACC radar.
Reacting to his sentiments Senior Counsel Ahmednassir Abdullahi dared him to make the arrests instead of issuing threats.
“First, let us congratulate Bwana CEO Twalib Abdallah Mbarak and EACC for the threat they make against cabinet secretaries who are wearing a “10 million shillings watch and had a casio before their appointment”. Second, Mr. Mbarak, how many days/months should we give you? Please get back to Kenyans when you make the arrests,” Ahmednassir wrote.
