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<\/div>Deputy President William Ruto (R) and ODM leader Raila Odinga at a past event.<\/strong> [File, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Deputy President William Ruto has told off Raila Odinga over claims that the DP is donating funds acquired through graft.\n<\/p>\n Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga on Friday, January 7, said during his 77th birthday celebration at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi that the deputy president was claiming to be philanthropic, yet he had acquired the funds through alleged questionable means. <\/p>\n Odinga said Ruto was donating an average of Sh100 million every month against a monthly salary of Sh2 million.\n<\/p>\n In a quick rejoinder on Saturday, Ruto said he had not appointed Odinga to be his accountant or auditor.<\/p>\n \u201cI hear that man, who is my key competitor [in the presidential race], complaining that I\u2019m giving Sh2 million to mama mbogas and another Sh2 million to boda boda operators almost daily,\u201d Ruto said in a rally at the Eldoret Sports Club in Uasin Gishu County on Saturday, January 8.\n<\/p>\n \u201cLet me say categorically today: there is no politician that I have appointed to audit or account for my finances. Those who pretend or masquerade to be my auditors or accountants do not deserve to be heard by anybody,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n According to the deputy president, Raila Odinga is a billionaire who has invested heavily in gas and petroleum. Raila Odinga is on the record saying he is worth Sh2 billion. <\/p>\n \u201cTheir businesses are spread out everywhere in Kenya,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n Ruto claims he supports over 300 youth groups and SMEs in the country.\n<\/p>\n \u201cSh2 million is little, Sh1 million is little. I want to assure you that should I be elected the president in the upcoming polls, I will set aside Sh50 billion to cater for the needs of SMEs in the country.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Ruto claims Odinga is angered by his (Ruto\u2019s) generosity because \u201cwhen they see a lowly person being elevated, it works against them\u201d.\n<\/p>\n \u201cThey get worked up because they want the lowly to continue depending on them,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Deputy President William Ruto (R) and ODM leader Raila Odinga at a past event. [File, Standard] Deputy President William Ruto has told off Raila Odinga over claims that the DP is donating funds acquired through graft. Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga on Friday, January 7, said during his 77th birthday celebration at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}