Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has told off Former Treasury CS Ukur Yatani over the release of Sh15 billion towards the end of Former President Uhuru Kenyatta's tenure.
Duale was reacting to Yatani's defence against the accusation labelled towards him by the Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o.
Yatani had termed the accusations as malice even as he threatened to sue Nyakang'o for framing him on a bad note.
"For the Controller of Budget to suggest that I pressured her to authorise some payments without parliamentary approval is therefore calculated malice," Yatani said, warning that he is considering taking legal action against CoB, Margaret Nyakang'o.
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"If there is any doubt in the mind of the public regarding the said expenditure, I invite the constitutional office of the Auditor General to scrutinise this expenditure. And I am confident that she will vindicate my actions."
But in a rejoinder to the defence, Duale accused Yatani of lying saying some of the votes heads he claims the funds were allocated to did not exist and that the president is yet to launch any KDF project as he claims.
"During my tenure as Majority Leader in the National Assembly, no such callous and unscrupulous deals were transacted. CS Yatani can run but cannot hide. You can try to shift and pass the buck, but watertight evidence adduced by the CoB incriminates you," Duale said.
He went on to tell Yatani that he was used and abused by the former regime and should therefore be ready to carry his own cross.
"Stop lying! Never has the President and Commander in Chief Dr William Ruto opened any modern referral facility for the Kenya Defense Forces. You were used and abused by the Handshake brothers and now you bear economic and criminal culpability individually," Duale stated.
"Kenyans will know why they were desperate to interfere with the results of the General Election," he added.
