Nandi Governor Stephen Sang has claimed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s “preference” of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) in the fight against graft and not the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) was a matter of great concern.
Sang was speaking during the burial of Abraham Tirop Basiari at Kerotet area in Soy Constituency.
“We are surprised that Kenyatta is now using (DCI George) Kinoti to fight corruption yet nobody vetted him. If he has faith in him, he should have appointed him to EACC, an independent body that is mandated by law and has all resources to win the war against graft,” Mr Sang said.
He said the main reason the fight against corruption was not won before the constitution came into force was because it had been politicised and was used to settle political scores.
Sang also questioned why Uhuru chose to work closely with Opposition Chief Raila Odinga, whom he claimed committed a “treasonable act” by swearing himself in as the people’s president in 2018 at Uhuru Park after the repeat general elections.
“I have never understood his involvement with Raila, who is yet to denounce the initial oath he took insisting that he is the people’s president. That is why his entry into government through handshake has put us in an awkward position. If Kenyatta is interested in another term, he should tell us so that we can negotiate,” he said.
Soy MP Caleb Kositany said though the handshake was now one-year old, there was nothing worth to celebrate as it had caused more divisions and suspicions in the country.
“The handshake was about two people and we were never told any reason for the move. In order to save the situation, Kenyatta should call for a Parliamentary Group meeting so that we can iron out any difference,” Mr Kositany said.
“When we first voted for you (Uhuru) in 2002 and repeated the same in 2013 and 2017, Raila was not in the picture. Now he is in the middle of every division witnessed in the party,” Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi said.
“As a region, we do not want free things, but we deserve what is rightfully ours because we voted overwhelmingly for him (Uhuru) and have always supported him.”