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Youth Cabinet Secretary candidate Kipchumba Murkomen denies he engages in extravagant activities.
Being wealthy or rich means having an abundance of goods, property, and money.
Speaking before the review committee on Saturday, Murkoman said he didn’t even know what being wealthy meant.
“I’ve never shown off what I wear, where I live or what car I drive,” Murkoman said.
Murkoman said he had never publicly flaunted his wealth and was simply a victim of a conversation.
He said he was asked on a radio show what the most expensive watch, tie and pair of shoes he had ever worn were.
He revealed that the expensive shoes cost about Sh80,000, the belt was worth Sh50,000 and the watch was worth Sh900,000.
“When you buy a Sh50,000 belt, buy an interchangeable belt – black on one side and brown on the other. That way, people will think you have two different belts. And the quality is good,” he said in an interview on an online show.
His taste for the finer things in life was also reflected in his office cutlery. During a press conference at his office, we saw that his teaspoons were gold plated.
Murkoman apologized for his extravagant behavior.
“If I have offended any Kenyan by my words, actions or lifestyle, I apologize. I do so as a Kipchuba and a Christian,” he said.
He noted that if Kenyans asked him to wear Bata shoes to do his job better, he would do so.
“I don’t want anything to distract the Kenyan people from the work I’m doing,” he said.
At the height of the anti-tax protests, Murkoman became a focus of criticism.
This is because Generation Z is demanding accountability and an end to wasting public resources, prompting the president to apologize for what he acknowledged were ostentatious displays of luxury by some officials.
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