Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua clarified rumours that the administration is having difficulty paying state servants’ salaries.
During a church service in Mathira Constituency on Sunday, the Vice President stated that the country’s financial woes had also afflicted counties.
“It is true that we are having difficulty paying wages and distributing funds to governors. Because the previous government ripped our country, they borrowed money everywhere. “We have to pay this money because we are accountable,” he explained.
Gachagua also stated that some of the government loans matured last week, forcing the company to settle the obligation.
“What we collected in the last two weeks was enough to pay off the loans.” Anything we collect this week will be used to pay salaries.”
The Second in Command stated again that Ruto’s administration “acquired a decaying economy with empty coffers.”
Gachagua defended President William Ruto’s administration, claiming it had to rebuild everything from the ground up because money was taken during former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s reign.
“We are in a tough situation; we did not borrow the money, yet we must pay it since Kenya owes us.” “William Ruto cannot escape those debts, even if he did not commit them,” Gachagua told parishioners in his hometown.
Members of parliament are among those who have not received their March salary as a result of the liquidity crisis.
