Youth Cabinet Secretary nominee Kipchumba Murkomen has denied being opulent.
Opulent or being opulent means having goods, property, and money in abundance.
Speaking before the vetting committee on Saturday, Murkomen said he does not even know what opulence means.
"I have never gloated anywhere about anything I wear, where I live or the car I drive," Murkomen said.
Murkomen stated that he has never basked publicly in his wealth and was a victim of a crossfire of a conversation.
He said he was asked on a Radio Show what the most expensive watch, tie and shoe he had ever worn was.
From expensive shoes that he revealed to cost about Sh80,000, a Sh50,000 belt, and a Sh900,000 watch.
"When you buy a Sh50,000 belt, get one that is interchangeable –black on one side and brown on the other. That way, people think you have two different belts. And it is quality," he said during an online show interview.
His finer taste of things life has to offer was also seen in his office cutlery as well. As witnessed during a press briefing in his office, his teaspoons were gold-plated.
Murkomen apologised for his perceived opulence.
"If in any I behaved either by speech or conduct or my lifestyle in a manner that offends any Kenyan, I apologise profusely. I mean as Kipchumba and as a Christian," he said.
He noted that if Kenyans directed him to wear bata shoes for the betterment of his proposed job, he would do it.
"I do not want anything to distract the people of Kenya from what I do," he said.
Murkomen was at the centre of criticism at the height of anti-tax protests.
This is because Gen Z demanded accountability and an end to the wastage of public resources, prompting the President to apologise for the opulence he acknowledged was being showcased by some officials.
