State House spokesperson Hussein Mohamed and his government counterpart Isaac Mwaura have come out gun blazing to dismiss claims that President William Ruto called lawyer cum activist Morara Kebaso and offered him a job.
Speaking to a local TV station on the phone on Wednesday night August 28, 2024, Hussein Mohamed strongly refuted the claims that the Héad of State called Kebaso and offered him a job which he turned down.
The State House spokesperson challenged Kebaso to provide evidence to substantiate his claims.
“No such thing happened, let him substantiate it. Morara and any other Kenyan can hold the government accountable but do it truthfully. The President did not call him, I work for the president,” Hussein Mohamed told a local TV station.
“A lot of Kenyans have the president’s number by the way. Let Morara substantiate that the president called him. He is lying, he is running away from the question. Will you allow anybody in Kenya to just walk into your studios and say he was called by the president and you just believe it? How can he prove it? Hussein Mohamed further posed while confronting Kebaso to give proof of the said phone call.
Isaac Mwaura
Minutes later after the heated exchange between Hussein and Kebaso, Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura also came out to debunk claims that the Kenya Kwanza administration had offered the activist a job.
Through his X account on Thursday August 29, 2024, Mwaura echoed Hussein’s sentiments asking Kebaso to provide evidence of the said conversation with the Héad of State.
“Morara Kebaso, I am not aware of any call from the president to you. Please examine your conscience and show some patriotism. I just bumped into you at KICC like any other fellow citizen. Be honest with yourself,” Mwaura wrote.
This is after Kebaso made it clear that he did not record the phone call conversation.
“I am not going to follow the footsteps of those leaders who used to record the president or put him on loud speaker to prove a point. I don’t think it’s good manners. For that reason i will not focus on proving whether or not it happened. Isaac Mwaura knows it happened. William Ruto knows it happened. End of story,” Kebaso’s statement read in part.
Morara Kebaso, I am not aware of any call from the President to you. Please examine your conscience and show some patriotism. I just bumped into you at KICC like any other fellow citizen. Be honest with yourself. https://t.co/1Ox0KMgmnY
— Dr. Isaac Mwaura CBS (@MwauraIsaac1) August 28, 2024
The call
During the late-night show, Kebaso disclosed that Ruto’s entourage initially reached out to him, before the Héad of State personally called him with the plum job offer.
However, Kebaso turned down the job offer citing corruption allegations surrounding the Kenya Kwanza administration.
“Initially, I had calls from péople around the President. Then eventually I got a call from the President. I spoke to him very respectfully because he is our President and he has been given that mandate by the péople.
“Whatever I was offered, I refused. I believe it (government) is overcrowded over there. There are enough péople over there and being a brilliant person and a person of integrity, I believe that if I go into government, I am going there to be corrupt,” Kebaso explained.
“There is too much demand for corruption and for you to stéal money and give to certain péople. I’d be depressed working there; I’d rather stay at my furniture shop and do my business,” he added.
Nonetheless, Kebaso vowed to continue exposing graft, ghost and stalled projects in the country.
“Kenya is a crime scene; it needs to be fenced off for investigations,” Kebaso emphasised.
