The fight against corruption is getting recognition from all over. It is a fight that has sent fear and panic among the affected with some reading malice in the whole thing.
Among those reading malice are the Kalenjin leaders who have questioned to never ending latest onslaught on CEO’s and Government officials from their community.
Senior Kalenjin managers at Kenya Power, the Kenya Pipeline Corporation, Kenyatta National Hospital, NSSF, NHIF and the NCPB, among others have had dramatic exits from their senior positions in the last few months.
There are those who opine that these Kalenjins were targeted as part of the wider drive to contain Deputy President William Ruto’s 2022 ambitions. Others say they were targeted because they were plainly incompetent, or that it was simply a case of being caught with the hands in the cookie jar.
Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo has now joined the ongoing debate. Kabogo, has called on the Kalenjin Leaders to stop using the “tribe narrative” to defend corrupt individuals.
Kabogo has said that when someone steals public funds, he does that alone without involving his tribesmen and it is therefore just proper that when investigations are ongoing, the tribe notion is not brought up.
“Tribes are not thieves. They stole as individuals. That’s what they chose and as you know choices have consequences. Gal 6:7 “be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man Sows, that shall he also reap”. tweeted Kabogo.
Tribes are not thieves. They stole as individuals. That’s what they chose and as you know choices have consequences. Gal 6:7 “be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man Sows, that shall he also reap”. pic.twitter.com/8p3troSZFT
— Hon. William Kabogo (@honkabogo) December 8, 2018
Kabogo joins Ruto in urging leaders to stop politicizing the war on corruption. Speaking at Lelboinet Boys High School in Elgeyo Marakwet County on Friday, the Deputy President said the war against corruption was a collective responsibility where all Kenyans must participate if the exercise has to yield fruits.
“Civil servants should do their work well and without any fear as no one will victimise them. The ongoing fight against corruption only targets those responsible for the vice,” said Mr Ruto.
He urged the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC), Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Judiciary to carry out their duties without fear, blackmail or mechanisms that could undermine their work.
“Prosecutions and investigations are not political. Such mandates are clear. We should therefore not politicise institutions dealing with prosecutions. They should be left to operate independently without any partisan or regional interests,” said Mr Ruto.
“Courts must also be left to make decisions on the basis of law and justice so as not to undermine the country’s democracy and the way the public are being served.” he added.