Kirinyaga Governor Ann Waiguru has finally responded to a statement that was made by Deputy President William Ruto two years ago in the wake of NYS funds theft while she was Devolution Cabinet Secretary.
Ruto had indirectly accused Waiguru of 'cat-walking' and speaking 'a lot of English' when it was clear that public funds had been looted.
Speaking on Citizen TV's JKL show on Wednesday, Waiguru said that she did not take the DP's comments 'seriously' as she didn't believe Ruto 'really meant his words'.
"The DP does not need to apologise to me, I wasn’t expecting one and as I said I think circumstances were different then," said Waiguru.
She added: "I think the Deputy President is a very intelligent man, extremely intelligent. This country would not have better leaders than President Uhuru and his deputy and I’m privileged and honoured to be in their party."
Waiguru who was recently ranked as the second most corrupt Kenyan by Ipsos Synovate poll after Ruto maintained she is innocent in regards to the thuggery that happened at NYS under her watch.
At the same time, she accused the Judiciary of sluggishness in clearing her name from the NYS saga.
"I naively believe that justice will be found in the courts and I have a naive trust in our institutions. I believe that many people in those institutions want to do good and if they are, they will release the report and I will be exonerated," she said.
The governor noted that her former hairdresser, Josephine Kabura, who was widely mentioned in the scandal while also implicating Waiguru through a sworn affidavit, was used by someone whom she said she wants action taken against.
"Why would it take 3 years to investigate the Kabura affidavit unless there is something that is not proper. I not only want the report released, I want action taken, not on Kabura but the person who used her," she said
Waiguru said that the war on corruption can only be won by establishing actual facts but not through perception.