A section of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leaders have called for Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich to be charged with the loss of Sh21 billion tax payers money in dam projects scandal.
The lawmakers have called on Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji to hasten their investigations.
“We want to urge DCI to gather enough evidence to take Rotich to court. We want him to be arraigned,” said Alego Usonga MP Samuel Atandi.
They also want President Uhuru Kenyatta to reassure the country that he is still committed to the war on corruption.
“We are behind the DPP and DCI in their efforts and let them not be cowed by the threats from (Deputy President William) Ruto’s wing,” he said.
ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna warned against politicising and ethnicising the war on corruption, saying that every individual should carry his or her own cross.
“War on corruption should not be ethinicised. No community is targeted. When former Governor Evans Kidero was arrested…we never hid behind tribes. We told them to go to court and let justice take its course,” said Mr Sifuna.
The MPs were speaking during a fundraiser at St Teresa Secondary School in Mlango Kubwa, Mathare Constituency.