Former Education and Lands minister Professor Jacob Kaimenyi has opened up about his troubled time when serving in the top positions.
In his new book Betrayal of Public Trust, Kaimenyi now says that he was approached by many people, some known to him.
For instance, at the education ministry, he says a number of people approached him for an offer for supplying laptops in exchange of bribes.
“I told them that I could not do such a thing because I didn’t have the money unless I borrowed it from a bank or stole it,” he reveals.
Soon after he was first named to the Cabinet and put in charge of the Ministry of Lands, one of his acquaintances approached him with yet another idea of how they could get rich quickly.
"The individual I had known for a long time wanted us to form a company to identify pieces of land whose leases were about to expire and demand that they part with ‘something' before I can approve the renewal of such leases. When this seemingly enticing proposal was put to me, I could not believe my ears,” he writes in his book, Betrayal of Public Trust.
Kaimenyi left his cabinet position in 2018 February and was appointed to serve as Kenyan Ambassador to Belgium.