{"id":38028,"date":"2024-05-10T09:03:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T09:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/05\/10\/cs-linturi-denies-all-allegations-brought-against-him\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T09:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T09:03:29","slug":"cs-linturi-denies-all-allegations-brought-against-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/cs-linturi-denies-all-allegations-brought-against-him\/","title":{"rendered":"CS Linturi denies all allegations brought against him"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 10 \u2013 Embattled Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has denied three-accusations levelled against him in the impeachment motion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mover of the motion, Bumula Member of Parliaiment Jack Wamboka tabled three charges against him that include gross violation of the Constitution or any other law, serious reasons to believe the CS has committed a crime under national law, as well as gross misconduct.<\/p>\n

On gross violation of the constitution which has been linked to the fake fertilizer scandal, CS Linturi who appeared as a witness defending himself stated that there is no nexus which show he was directly involved in the saga.<\/p>\n

He explained the accounting officer in the Ministry, who is the Principal Secretary Kipronoh Ronoh, is responsible for the procurement obligations which led to a bungled process in the distribution of subsidized fertilizer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no involvement on my part..there\u2019s no role of the cabinet secretary in the procurement and the distribution of subsidized fertilizer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

CS Linturi while being examined as a witness in the case by his lead counsel Muthomi Thiankolu insisted there\u2019s no nexus between him and the grounds tabled against him on gross violation of the constitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was never part of the evaluation committee that processed and evaluated the tender on government fertilizer subsidy,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am wholly dependent on the advise and notices issued by institutions within the Ministry,\u201d CS Linturi added.<\/p>\n

The Agriculture Cabinet Secretary poked holes on his impeachment motion saying the grounds are frivolous by attempting to claim that the submission he presented before the Agriculture Committee are based on lies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can only be accused by that committee unless the standing orders have changed. The standing orders requires the committee to table the report and for the house to adopt the report recommending charges because I lied before the committee,\u201d CS Linturi stated.<\/p>\n

On gross misconduct, he reaffirmed that 33 court cases backing the impeachment ground which were based on a divorce case were fictitious, case example of love affair gone sour.<\/p>\n

With a lot of anguish expressed on his face, Linturi maintained that love disputes between him his ex-wife, Marianne Kitany who is Aldai MP has morphed into an impeachment motion.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd out of the few selected cases here, there is none that I lost. It has been a very painful experience. When I start thinking about it makes me break,\u201d Linturi said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 10 \u2013 Embattled Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has denied three-accusations levelled against him in the impeachment motion. The mover of the motion, Bumula Member of Parliaiment Jack Wamboka tabled three charges against him that include gross violation of the Constitution or any other law, serious reasons to believe the CS has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}