Kenyans have waged a fierce war on corruption as the over burdened wananchi complain that ‘Punda amechoka’.Much as investigation bodies have pushed this war to another level,justice is still missing due to cases dragging and suspects eventually walking away scot free.
Now a bill which if passed will result in the classification of corruption as a capital offence, has finally been tabled in parliament.
Kiharu Member of Parliament (MP), Ndindi Nyoro, presented the highly contested bill to the National Assembly on Wednesday.
The bill underwent the First Reading phase as per the protocols observed during the lawmaking process.
During his argument, Nyoro stated that graft cases fall within the acceptable threshold of crimes such as robbery with violence and manslaughter, crimes usually punishable by life imprisonment.
In addition, the MP, who is known to be a close friend to Deputy President (DP) William Ruto also proposed a maximum period of three months in which all graft-related cases should be heard and concluded.
The Kiharu MP made it clear that he felt the current fines being issued were simply not substantial enough, and called for the introduction of enhanced fines.