Machakos County Governor Wavinya Ndeti has refuted claims that she was arrested and detained in United Kingdom (UK).
In a statement seen by Mauvoo News, the Governor confirmed that the claims doing rounds on social media over her arrest and that of her son were malicious, did not hold any water, and aimed to tarnish her name.
“My attention has been drawn to an online smear campaign designed and sponsored by my political detractors. This campaign is aimed at dampening the impact of the transformative work that we are doing in Machakos,” read the statement in part.
“It’s demeaning and an insult to the intelligence of the people of Machakos and Kenya to imagine that I would smuggle hundreds of millions on my person to the United Kingdom and that I have been detained. Those fabricating falsity are clearly ignorant of the robust nature of UK customs/border control and financial institutions, “The statement further read.
The Governor went ahead to confirm that her family was safe sending out a warning to anyone trying to spread any defamatory content about her.
” We shall identify, pursue, and bring before the law all those peddling baseless rumors and fake news. This amounts to defamation and misuse of electronic media to spread falsehoods. Such malicious misinformation has created perceptions about me and my family members that endanger our lives,” read the statement.
“Let the authors of this narrative be warned that should anything happen to any member of my family or myself, you shall be held personally responsible, ” she cautioned.
