VETTING: Ruto’s New Dollar Millionaire CS Nominees
President William Ruto’s newly appointed Cabinet Secretaries, Geoffrey Ruku and Hannah Cheptumo, revealed a combined net worth of Ksh797 million during their appearance before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Monday.
Ruku and Cheptumo, who were appointed to oversee the Public Service and Gender ministries, respectively, made the disclosures as part of a mandated vetting process before taking office.
Ruku, after an intense grilling session with National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula, eventually addressed the issue of his net worth, which he said was Ksh 377 million.
The former Mbeere North Member of Parliament went on to explain how he came to be so wealthy, citing real estate as a major source of income.
“Land and buildings worth about Ksh40 million, a family residence worth Ksh60 million, Sacco and savings worth Ksh15 million, shares from a private company worth Ksh250 million, motor vehicles worth about Ksh12 million — a total of Ksh377 million,” Ruku said.
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Geoffrey Ruku: My net worth is Ksh 377 million pic.twitter.com/BG4GH3ZhO7
The majority of his disclosed wealth came from shares in a private company, totaling Ksh250 million.
During the session, the former congressman did not mention the corporation by name.
Hanna Cheptumo declared her family’s net worth to be somewhat more than Ksh420 million after momentarily dancing around the question when queried by Wetangula.
“Our net worth as a family is Ksh420,000,049 made up of a residential house in Karen worth Ksh100 million and a residential house in Nakuru worth Ksh15 million, among other things. It (the list) is very big,” she told the vetting panel.
Hannah Wendot Cheptumo on her net worth: It’s true, I don’t have money, the money I have belongs to my husband and I have not done succession. Part of what was supposed to be due to him has been stolen in the cooperative. During the day we were having the church service, I was… pic.twitter.com/YoxL6QWQyx
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Cheptumo, the wife of the late Baringo Senator William Cheptumo, had worked at a government office in Nyayo House.
Her selection on March 26 occurred just weeks after the president promised to honor the late senator’s legacy.
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Meanwhile, President Ruto nominated Ruku to replace former Attorney General Justin Muturi, who disagreed with the President on the topic of disappearances.
Ruku became one of President Ruto’s staunchest supporters after his election in 2022.
Notably, both vetting sessions included notable moments, with applicants providing candid and sometimes surprising responses to committee inquiries.
Ruku, for his part, was asked by Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah if he had defaulted on anything, including rent, which he categorically denied.
VETTING: Ruto’s New Dollar Millionaire CS Nominees
