A group of individuals in Makueni on Monday, December 20 held demonstrations demanding the release of Ksh2 million that was donated by Deputy President William Ruto.
The protestors claim that Ruto's campaign coordinators from the region who were given the money to distribute among mama mboga and Boda Boda operators eloped with the amounts.
"We have been running up and down for three days looking for the money DP Ruto gave out. So you (Ruto) you gave us these people as directors and coordinators but they are thieves and selfish people who are out to benefit themselves with our money," one of the protestors said.
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"There are conmen hiding in UDA. They are lying to us that the money was taken to the police station and we know very well that is not true," another protestor added.
They claimed that the money was given to one Kennedy Mutysia who only gave the cash to a few individuals and threw a few in the air for grabs.
According to them, Mutysia's move to throw the money in the air was part of the scheme for him to elope with a large portion of the Ksh2 million.
They condemned Ruto's coordinators noting that for trying to paint a bad picture on them and cause chaos among them.
"The people of Makueni are ready to welcome any political aspirant here. We won't be used and forced to chase away aspirants so that we be viewed as people with no political direction," a protestor said.
The protests comes weeks after DP Ruto visited the region where he was popularizing his bottom-up economic model.
