- The office Spokesperson Kanze Dena said she is not able to compound in totality how much all that is.
- Dena also alleged that the government has also failed to renew contracts of two employees.
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The Office of the Fourth President of Kenya claims that the staff have not been paid for a period of two years.
Speaking during a press briefing on Monday, the office Spokesperson Kanze Dena said she is not able to compound in totality how much all that is.
"Unfortunately we have not earned a salary for the last two years. I am not able to quantify how much it is that the former president has been able to spend because that includes fuelling, the food we eat as staff, travel bills, electricity," Kanze alleged.
She claimed that out of Sh655 million allocated to the office in the 2022/2023 financial year, the office has received only Sh28 million.
"That is approximately 4.4 per cent of the total budget that year and it excludes payment of salaries and medical insurance," Kanze said.
She further alleged nothing has hit the account of the retired president from the allocation.
"We can confirm that salaries have been paid as well as medical insurance but we cannot allude to how much it is," she claimed.
Kanze further alleged staff intimidation and night calls at the office of Former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
“There is unceremonial withdrawal and intimidation of staff via phone calls at midnight," she alleged.
She claimed they were receiving phone calls late at night and being given transfers.
"They were being called at night but we also have to protect our people. Sometimes we get multiple calls of different instructions late at night," she alleged.
Dena also alleged that the government has also failed to renew contracts of two employees.
The employees she said were herself and Administrator George Kariuki.
"The office still awaits the confirmation and communication on why they blatantly refused to renew contracts of these two professional staff members," she alleged.
At the same time, the office distanced itself from budget estimates tabled in Parliament.
"Our position is that we had no input on the budget estimates that informed the allocation of Sh450 million that Treasury projects to allocate the office in the coming year 2025/26 and Sh475 million for FY 2026/27," Kanze claimed.