National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed has distanced himself from claims that he mishandled funds meant to pay Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) election agents during the 2022 General Election.
Sifuna instead shifted the blame to individuals close to former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
In a statement on Saturday, Junet was responding to ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, who had challenged him to explain why party agents were allegedly absent from polling stations and unpaid during the election.
Junet claimed the failure was the result of decisions taken by individuals close to the former president, not party officials tasked with campaign coordination.
“The answer is simple, clear and verifiable: Former President Uhuru Kenyatta released the funds meant for election agents to his blood brother, Muhoho Kenyatta,” Junet claimed.
Junet alleged that Muhoho then appointed another man, identified as Patrick Mburu to oversee the recruitment and payment of agents.
Junet alleged that Mburu presented himself as an information technology expert capable of detecting and preventing manipulation of results by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
“Mburu presented himself as an IT expert, claiming he had the capacity to detect and prevent any manipulation of results by the IEBC,” Junet claimed, adding that Mburu remains an aide of the former president.
To underscore Mburu’s continued proximity to Uhuru Kenyatta, Junet cited a recent trip abroad.
“Just this past weekend, Mburu travelled to Nigeria in the company of Uhuru Kenyatta and Kalonzo Musyoka—clear evidence that he is not a peripheral figure in these matters,” he claimed.
Junet further claimed that the management of the agents’ funds was conducted from a highly restricted office in Nairobi’s Westlands area, which he said was inaccessible to most party officials, including ODM’s presidential candidate Raila Odinga.
“Around the time, Muhoho Kenyatta operated from an office in Westlands that was so restricted that even Raila Odinga, the party’s presidential candidate, could not access it freely,” Junet alleged.
“It is from this office—out of bounds for nearly all of us—that they claimed to handle the agents’ payments and other logistics.”
He claimed those involved failed to recruit or deploy agents for Odinga across key regions.
“The fact is, once they took charge, they never procured any agents for Raila Odinga, not in Mt Kenya and not in Luo Nyanza,” Junet claimed.
Rejecting any suggestion that he had betrayed the party leader, Junet cited his continued trust within ODM.
“Raila Odinga would have had no reason whatsoever to appoint me—Junet Mohammed—as the Leader of Minority in the National Assembly if I had truly betrayed him,” he said.
Junet called on those involved to publicly address the allegations.
