Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi has defended Cord leader Raila Odinga over his silence on the Sh51 million graft in the county.
Speaking on KTN on Friday, Kingi said Raila and the entire Cord fraternity first conduct investigations before exposing or commenting on a corruption scandal.
He has also rubbished claims that the county lost 1.6 billion saying the amount missing is only Sh51 million and his office has so far succeeded in recovering Sh8 million through reversals.
''Before we react, we analyse first, right now there are allegations that Sh1.6 billion was lost when its was only Sh51 million. Raila will dig into the matter before commenting,'' he said.
The former Premier has been on the front line in exposing and condemning corruption in the Jubilee administration but has however kept quiet in this, bringing him under pressure from a section of Coastal leaders who have accused him of being partisan and alleging that the silence might be because the Kilifi County government is allied to his ODM party.
Governor Kingi has also distanced himself and his office from the scandal saying that he is not involved.
''My only involvement in this matter is for purposes of recovering the lost money.''he clarified.
Some of the companies that he has implicated in the scam include Zohari company and Daima Enterprises.