Ruto's Office Responds to Reports of Denying Bodyguards Food

The office of the Deputy President has dispelled reports that security officers attached to his residences were being denied food.

In a letter dated November 11th, Internal Security Secretary Wilson Njenga requested the deputy president’s office to either provide food to the officers or allocate them food allowances.

Njenga observed that the previous team of GSU officers that was withdrawn from the deputy president’s residences was offered meals consistently but that has not been the case with the new security detail.

“This is to bring to your attention that the above officers have not been consistently provided with food rations or meal allowances to enable them to discharge their mandate effectively and efficiently.”

“This is in contrast to their counterparts from GSU whom they replaced and who used to get food rations. The purpose of this letter, therefore, is to request that you reinstate the food rations for the officers currently deployed in the two residences for optimal service delivery,” the letter reads.

But in a statement, Deputy President William Ruto’s Communication Secretary David Mugonyi dismissed the reports, stating that the officers are well fed.

“We have provided them with food. The only complaint I am aware of are delays to pay their allowances. The officers are under the office of the Inspector General of Police. Their welfare is catered for by that office. Even the GSU were under the IG,” Mugonyi stated.