Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has hit back at individuals calling for his resignation following a scandal at the National Cereals and Produce Board.
Amid increasing pressure to resign, Kiunjuri has said that he will not step down.
Speaking on Saturday at Mumbi Girls High School in Murang'a the CS stated that he will not be intimidated and will do his best to fight corruption in his docket.
He further defended his reputation, claiming he was the first person to blow the whistle on questionable dealings at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB).
"These leaders who think they can threaten and intimidate the ministers should be told they have targeted the wrong person. We know they are defending the cartels in the Ministry and are against my efforts to clean the NCPB. Remember I was the first person to talk about the rot in the Ministry while they remained silent," he said.
This comes after a section of Rift Valley leaders told him to step aside, and called for thorough investigations into the unscrupulous distribution of fertilizer and payment of maize supplies by farmers to the National Cereals and Produce Board.