High Court throws out AG Oduor's application to block Senator Okiya Omtatah's Sh7 trillion public debt case, judges rule petition will go to full hearing.
PRESS STATEMENT BY SENATOR OKIYA OMTATAH ON THE PUBLIC DEBT CASE RULING
Fellow Kenyans,
Today, the High Court delivered an important ruling in our public debt case.
The Court upheld the @IMFNews claim of diplomatic immunity and struck it out of this petition. While we respect the Court’s decision, accountability for Kenya’s debt burden cannot end there.
We are preparing a separate legal challenge to the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, 1963, against the Constitution of Kenya 2010 to ensure all actors involved in Kenya’s debt processes are subjected to proper scrutiny.
Most importantly, the Court rejected attempts by the Attorney General and other respondents to have this case dismissed. The judges ruled that our petition will proceed to a full hearing on its merits.
The Court also dismissed applications by the former Auditor General, former Controller of Budget, the current Auditor General, and the current Controller of Budget seeking to shield themselves from these proceedings.
This is a significant victory for transparency, accountability, and the Kenyan people.
We will amend our petition as directed by the Court and return on 22nd July 2026. Our mission remains unchanged: to establish how Kenya accumulated trillions in public debt, how the funds were utilized , whether the public benefited and whether the law was followed at every stage.
This case is about protecting the future of our nation and the interests of every Kenyan taxpayer.
We remain focused, determined, and committed to seeing it through.
God Bless Kenya.
#DeniBandia #OdiousDebt
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Asante sana BaBa RailaOdinga &Prof. Nyongo kwa kutuletea SIFUNA, waliona nyota yake kitambo sana,ODM linda Tumbocrats hamuwezi zima nyota ya Sifuna at 44 years old he represents the 90%of our population below 44 years, we will dream big, we respect our elders but it's our time! 🇰🇪✅ #SisiNdioSifuna #BaBuKwaSababu #RutoMustGo #TukoKadi #JusticeForOurMashujaa
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President Ruto left Gusii residents puzzled after relaunching a stalled road project he first launched in 2018 while serving as Deputy President. Eight years later, now as President, he returned to relaunch the same road again, this time from a different section.
#InSixMonths
#GalleryOfRutosLies
Kenyans are being asked to pay more taxes through the Finance Bill 2026, yet the 2026/27 Budget hides KSh 101.37 billion under a vague item called “Other Operating Expenses.” No programme. No purpose. No accountability.
Before taxing Kenyans another shilling, Parliament must clean up the budget. We cannot finance opacity with taxpayers’ sweat.
See attached
#StopBudgetedCorruption
https://t.co/YI18RIv1nC
Hii song ya Sifuna ni mwecheche bana.
If you believe in our Constitution, wewe ndio Sifuna.
If you believe in the sanctity of human life, wewe ndio Sifuna.
If you believe leaders should not loot taxpayers' money, wewe ndio Sifuna.
If you believe you deserve a better life than the one you have now, wewe ndio Sifuna.
If you believe we cannot afford another five years of President Ruto, wewe ndio Sifuna.
IIf you want a better environment in which to run and grow your business, wewe ndio Sifuna.
If you want relief on your payslip, wewe ndio Sifuna.
Sisi ndio Sifuna. #SisiNdioSifuna
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Fellow Kenyans,
Every generation is handed a cause.
The Mau Mau generation fought colonial oppression.
The democracy generation fought dictatorship and impunity.
Our generation has been handed a different struggle:
The fight against corruption, state capture, and the theft of our future.
Today, Kenyans have learned that a reported USD 2.9 billion airport contract has been linked to Wicknell Chivayo, a charlatan and conman whose name has repeatedly appeared in procurement controversies, corruption investigations, tender scandals, and financial misconduct allegations across Southern Africa.
Such as:
1. Election Tender Scandal
Zimbabwe's Anti-Corruption Commission investigated procurement involving election materials supplied through South African company Ren-Form, where leaked documents allegedly showed extraordinary price inflation on equipment and services. The matter attracted anti-corruption investigations in both Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Examples cited by investigators and media reports included:
>>A server reportedly invoiced at approximately R23 million despite a much lower market value being alleged.
>>Biometric voter registration kits allegedly increasing dramatically in price.
>>Questions regarding the flow of funds from government contracts to companies associated with Chivayo.
2. South African Financial Intelligence Investigations
A leaked South African Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) report reportedly found that more than R800 million flowed from Ren-Form to business accounts associated with Chivayo after the Zimbabwean government paid the supplier. The report concluded that criminal activity could not be ruled out and recommended further investigation. Chivayo has denied wrongdoing.
3. The US$3.2 Billion Dossier
In 2025, a leaked dossier alleged that more than US$3.2 billion had been diverted through corrupt contracting arrangements involving politically connected business figures, including Chivayo. The allegations generated calls for forensic audits and political scrutiny. These allegations remain contested and should be treated as allegations rather than established facts.
4. Long History of Procurement Controversies
Mr. Chivayo is a charlatan, through and through. He has previously been associated with controversial public contracts, including Zimbabwe's Gwanda Solar Project, where significant public funds were advanced but the project became the subject of investigations, parliamentary scrutiny, and public controversy.
5. Access to Political Power
Multiple reports have highlighted Chivayo's unusually close relationships with senior political figures across the region and his public display of that access. Critics argue that these political connections help explain how he repeatedly appears around major public contracts
Please watch the attached video -in entirety.
When you do - please ask @WilliamsRuto this question:
What is the deal with you and thieves?
Explain to Kenyans, your penchant for criminals and bottom feeders.
But, this is not really about Wicknell Chivayo.
It is about a pattern.
First, we witnessed the attempted airport deal involving the Adani Group, another shadowy entity facing serious corruption allegations internationally.
Kenyans stood up and stopped it.
Second, we continue to see a government that repeatedly embraces and appoints individuals facing serious integrity questions, including some who have been investigated by our own @EACCKenya
Third, we are seeing major public contracts increasingly associated with secrecy, direct negotiations, and limited competition instead of transparency and open tendering.
Fourth, we have watched scandal after scandal unfold — SHA, Talanta Stadium, Bomas of Kenya, education funding fraud, healthcare fraud, and countless audit queries involving billions of shillings.
Fifth, we have now reached the point where even citizenship itself appears to be losing its meaning, amid reports of Kenyan passports being issued to controversial foreign figures under questionable circumstances.
Including this same charlatan, Mr. Chivayo.
At what point do we stop calling this coincidence?
At what point do we acknowledge that corruption is no longer an accident of government, but a governing culture?
Fellow Kenyans,
This is bigger than politics.
This is bigger than tribes.
This is bigger than William Ruto.
This is about Kenya. Our only home.
It is about whether our country will be governed by the rule of law or by the rule of connections.
Whether public resources will serve citizens or politically connected insiders.
Whether our children inherit a nation of opportunity or a nation captured by greed.
I have a message for every Kenyan, including supporters of this government:
Put politics aside for a moment.
Ask yourself one question.
If another president displayed this exact pattern — the same appointments, the same scandals, the same controversial contracts, the same disregard for public concern — would you defend it?
If the answer is no, then your loyalty must be to Kenya, not to politicians.
To the presidents supporters:
Explain how in a country of 50 million people - highly qualified and ethical, the president appoints thief after thief to high office. The receipts are attached here.
Explain how the president ended up in bed with the Adani Group - another shadowy entity known globally for corruption.
And then explain how - the same contract that was awarded to the Adani Group - and which Kenyans were able to stop, and in connection to which WE ARE ON THE HOOK FOR BILLIONS IN PENALTIES, has now been awarded to yet another charlatan.
Please tell us how unlucky this president is.
Every single person he does business with is a criminal.
Every last one of them.
My fellow Kenyans,
History is watching us.
Future generations will ask:
What did you do when corruption was consuming your country?
Did you remain silent?
Or did you stand up?
The time has come for every Kenyan of goodwill to stand up.
Stand up for accountability.
Stand up for transparency.
Stand up for competitive procurement.
Stand up for the rule of law.
Stand up for the future of our children.
Let us make one thing clear to every politician, every broker, every corrupt contractor, and every beneficiary of state capture:
Kenya is not for sale.
Our future is not for sale.
And we will not surrender our country to corruption.
Enough is enough.
Let us all resolve today that we will stop this corruption.
Beginning with this corrupt deal. We can stop it.
And we should.
@NAssemblyKE@Senate_KE@MoGAbdi@FlavNasmbu@MigunaMiguna@OCCRP
Have you seen this?
There’s an airstrip inside Imenti Forest contrary to the proposed state lodge.
Beyond the state lodge, maybe smuggling of minerals.