Former Cabinet Secretary for Public Service Justin Muturi has alleged that President William Ruto attempted to coerce him into signing a suspicious Ksh129 billion deal with Russian investors while he was at the airport.
The deal, allegedly worth $1 billion (Ksh129 billion), was intended to fund the planting of three billion trees as part of the government's 15-billion-tree initiative.
Muturi stated that Ruto pressured him to approve the agreement while he was still at the airport, without giving him the chance to review the document.
It was during the 2023 December COP28 Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when the former CS traveled for a state visit, then directly flew to Dubai for the Summit, when he received a phone call from the president while he was still at the airport.
