My wife's office will not be funded by the State - Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi

Prime Cabinet Secretary (PS) Musalia Mudavadi has allayed concerns that the office of his spouse, Tessie Shangatti Mudavadi which was unveiled last week, will be funded from public accounts.

Speaking in Nairobi on Thursday, Mudavadi noted that the Office of the Spouse to the Prime Cabinet Secretary's main mandate will be to support philanthropic efforts around the country as such it does not require any funding from the national exchequer.

"I want to make it clear that there is no public expenditure that has occurred in the conversation around Tessie Mudavadi and I don't see any public expenditure occurring because I truly appreciate that activities of this nature are not government activities," said Mudavadi.

He added that even before he assumed the position of Prime CS, his spouse had been carrying out charitable acts in an effort to better society and that would go on even without funding from the State.

"Mrs. Musalia Mudavadi has been at this process whether in or out of government and we shall not stop supporting people in any part of the country through any charitable efforts but I am clear that it shall not be at the expense of the exchequer," he said.

According to a statement by Mudavadi's communications team, Tessie's office will complement the work done by First Lady Rachel Ruto and Second Lady Dorcas Gachagua.