Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has accused the Kenya Kwanza administration of pushing Ksh6.2 billion through a supplementary budget in the last 12 days of the 2024/25 financial year, alleging the money is being siphoned through key government offices without proper audit oversight.

Speaking on Thursday, Gachagua claimed the funds were rushed through government votes ahead of the June 30 closure of the financial year.

“Mr William Ruto and his boys are on a looting spree. Acknowledging that his game is over, they are saying it is injury time. That is the mantra,” he said.

The DCP Party leader said the money was passed under categories such as maintenance and operations, other operating expenses, and security operations, and would be drawn in cash.

According to him, the allocations involve State House, the Office of the Deputy President, the State Department for Internal Security, and the National Intelligence Service.

“The cash is being siphoned through State House, the Office of the Deputy President, State Department of Internal Security and the National Intelligence Service,” Gachagua stated.

He claimed the money lacked proper audit oversight and was being processed through what he described as unaudited budget votes.

Gachagua further alleged that part of the funds is earmarked for political activities. He claimed the money was meant for “bribing voters, paying goons, buying MPs and Senators, counter-productive empowerment programs and the Ol Kalou by-election.”

He argued that the timing of the allocations raised questions about transparency and accountability, even though supplementary budgets are ordinarily subject to parliamentary approval and Treasury procedures.

The former Deputy President contrasted the spending with the state of public services.

“This is happening when hospitals have no drugs, cancer patients are in deep pain, our students have no capitation, university and college students have no funding, name it,” he said.

“They are looting everything from struggling Kenyans. Kenya is simply fleeced. Dry.”

The claims come as the Treasury prepares to close books for the 2024/25 financial year. Historically, the final weeks of June see a rush to absorb unspent funds, with Controller of Budget reports often flagging spikes in confidential and operational expenditure.

Supplementary budgets are used to regularize spending or reallocate funds, but they have repeatedly drawn criticism from the Public Accounts Committee over weak oversight.

Gachagua has positioned himself as one of the administration’s fiercest critics, since his impeachment in October 2024. He has repeatedly raised concerns over governance, public debt, and spending priorities at a time when the government faces pressure over pending bills and the rising cost of living.