Belgut MP Nelson Koech has denied owning the bundles of cash he was seen carrying during a past football tournament.
Speaking on Citizen TV, Koech said the money was a reward for a football tournament organized by Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot. He was presenting it to the winners because Speaker Amason Kingi was supposed to give the money to the winning team, but he was forced to leave early due to bad weather.
"This was Senator Aaron Cheruiyot's tournament. My only mistake was to hand over the price to the people who had won the tournament. It is not my money you can see the t-shirt is written Cheruiyot," he said.
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"In fact Honourable Kingi was going to do it but because he had flown in there and the weather was getting bad, he had to leave and I was given the money to hand over."
Koech also claimed that the money was not obtained improperly, stating that it was contributed by friends and partners who organized the event.
He said that Cheruiyot sponsors the yearly competition, with the best team receiving Ksh.3 million in prize money.
"This is a collection. He collects from friends, and corporate institutions to support the young people and he has this football tournament for young people," said Koech.
"I am very disappointed with the people in this tournament because they should have come out to defend Cheruiyot and myself from that lynching."
