According to Wednesday’s report by AfriCog, it is no longer secret that Kenya is currently being run by two sides of the government.
The report released by Africa Centre for Open Governance (Africog) says the current anti-corruption approach is “largely tactical, too legalistic and prosecution-driven” and “will not yield the desired fruits”
The first government is the government led by the conmen and corrupt politicians who have penetrated their roots into our various ministries, government parastatals, police service, the judiciary, and even private sectors.
These crooks and criminals have kidnapped our government and are going on with their wicked businesses while protecting themselves under the constitution of Kenya.
According to Africog, politicians both from the government side together with those from the opposition side have come together to conspire and steal from the public and most are getting elected with the sole aim of enriching themselves at the expense of the electorates.
It is from this same ‘government of thieves’ that the President’s efforts of fighting corruption have failed to yield results.
“The government of thieves includes a small group of leaders with authority and lots of wealth. They have reduced the powers of government institutions which ensures that laws are followed, They have made law enforcement being implemented on selective merits. Public institutions are looked down upon, free and fair elections are manipulated and those who emerge victoriously are those who use corruption and chaos” states the report.
It states that it is from this same government of thieves that major scandals like Goldenberg, Anglo-leasing and Eurobond have failed to see the light of the day as far as prosecutions are concerned.
“Cases connected to corruption have not been solved. The culprits who include government officers, politicians and famous businesspersons do not want these cases investigated because they fear they might be known,” said Mr. Maina Wachira a constitutional lawyer who took part in drafting the report.
While analysing the contents of the report, Mr Maina said that in Kenya, State capture has taken many forms.
Private sector is also overrated, and it is not a saintly realm either. It has its fair share of mediocrity, sycophancy and corruption. https://t.co/NIGZnha6ti
— David Ndii (@DavidNdii) May 23, 2019
These range from interfering with the Judiciary to bribing members of Parliament to enact laws — or defeat legislation. But the government’s reaction to recent revelations of high-level corruption has been typical.
Outspoken economist David Ndii was more blunt, asserting that President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto have shared the corruption pie, “with Uhuru being meticulous in having his family business interest metastasize into the public resources sphere while Ruto remaining the public face of it”