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| Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen |
Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has opened up about his relations with Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei insisting there is nothing personal.
Murkomen stated that he has been friends with the senator for long and he understands his nature and personality.
“I don’t have any beef with him that is his personality, he was my student and he was that active in class that he wanted to look and sound different,” he said.
He also clarified that as a senator he (Cherargei) has every right and duty to play his oversight and keep him on check.
He however warned the senator against making unsubstantiated allegations against him.
“He has to hold me to account, the only thing that I have told him is not to go beyond his mandate,” he said.
The CS cited instances where Cheraragei alleged that he has Sh15 billion which he dismissed as completely outrageous.
Murkomen was responding to a question when he appeared for an interview on Obina show.
The two leaders who are both allies of President William Ruto have been engaged in a war of words for months now.
In November last year, Murkomen wrote to the senator demanding an apology over alleged defamation.
Through Ongoya and Wambola advocates, Murkomen gave Cherargei a seven-day ultimatum to tender an apology over the words he used against him during a recent press conference.
The allegations by the senator stemmed from a visit by Murkomen to China to meet some contractors to finance some key projects in the country.
“Our instructions are that we demand that within seven days from the date of this letter accept liability for defamation to give way for negotiations and tender unqualified apology in writing to our client through the same channels through which you published the offending words,” the letter read in part.
According to the lawyer, the words used by the senator during the press conference on November 24, were interpreted to mean his client is corrupt, lacks integrity, unpatriotic and he has betrayed the electorate.