President Uhuru Kenyatta has set broken his silence days after police conducted a raid at his son's house. The former Head of State claims that there was a plan to plant guns and drugs on Jomo during the Friday night operation.

Speaking during a meeting with news editors on Monday, Mr Kenyatta also addressed the alleged cache of guns allegedly held by his two sons, Jomo and Muhoho.

"This gun issue is surrounded by lots of propaganda to divert attention from what has been happening," he told the senior journalists.

"I believe they wanted to plant drugs and guns in my son's compound."

"I went because of a distress call from my son; I was not drunk, I was extremely hurt," he said.

The former president claims that each of his two sons own 3 guns which is a total of 6 and that all of the firearms are legally registered. He clarified that his daughter Ngina does not own a firearm.

According to the former President, none of the boys have received orders to surrender their firearms as has been claimed in the media and by top government officials.

He added that his younger son has interests in guns because his hobby is shooting birds at Mwea Irrigation scheme to scare them away. 

After the raid on younger Kenyatta's home, the government confirmed raiding three homes in Nairobi’s Karen area in search of 23 firearms allegedly used to perpetrate illegal operations in the country during the ongoing anti-government protests.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said security agencies had been tasked to search the area as part of a broader operation which seeks to weed out civilian firearm holders and leaders of known criminal gangs.

“Today afternoon, an operation has been going on targeting three homesteads within the Karen area where a total of 23 firearms, some of which are suspected to have been used in illegal activities are kept,” CS Kindiki said in the statement released on Friday night.

Kenyatta also revealed that he has been forced to share his security with his mother, Mama Ngina Kenyatta, after her security was withdrawn last week.

"The benefits my mum enjoys are not because of me but because she is a former First Lady," he said.

"We have to hire private security guards." 

Kenyatta also revealed that he is not receiving all retirement benefits. He noted that some of his staff do not have contracts, they don’t pay allowances to hire office. "fuel the cars".

The former president also set the record straight revealing that he is not funding Azimio demonstrations. 

"Raila is my party leader and I supported him in the 2022 general election, should my relationship with him stop because he is leading the protests?"