Renowned political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi has expressed his view on the ongoing demolition by President Kenyatta on building sitting on riparian land as well as corrupt personels
According to Mutahi Ngunyi the arrest of high-profile suspects and demolish of buildings built on riparian land was misguided and ill-advised.
He further continued saying that the President Kenyatta was unlikely to go all the way in dealing with his “friends and relatives” involved in corruption.
In his weekly video he said, “Uhuru will have to demolish hotels and property owned by his friends, but will he do it? I doubt it. If he has taken the holier-than-though attitude, he should demolish houses owned by the poor man and those owned by the privileged Moi or the Kibaki families.”
He further continued saying, “Uhuru should not rely on the public that is cheering him. They will cheer him today and hate him tomorrow…If we embrace this culture of razzmatazz and Walhalla, a culture of sending bulldozers and cameras for the nation to feast on, we will be creating a war economy.”
According to Ngunyi, President Kenyatta could be cracking down on impunity to win public favour.
His hypothesis came at a time when the President has expressed support for several operations widely seen as dealing a blow to corruption.
Buildings in Nairobi have been demolished after they were found to have been built on riparian land where evictions are ongoing in the Mau Forest.
Despite the President’s promise to spare no one, former President Daniel arap Moi has not been evicted from Mau Forest where he operates Kiptagich Tea Factory – sitting on more than two thousand acres.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has said he is ready to lose more friends in the current war against corruption. He said he had lost many friends over the last few weeks but vowed that the government will not relent until the battle to rid Kenya of corruption and impunity is won.
The president further continued saying, “We must fight impunity not because we want to destroy for the sake of it. If we do not fight impunity, we will not achieve our goals. For the country to succeed we must fight corruption and impunity,”
The Head of State added that corruption is one of the forces that keeps frustrating national dreams including access to quality education, quality health care, decent meals for all, and quality jobs that give pride and dignity to Kenyans.
President Kenyatta observed that the envisaged transformation of the nation cannot succeed as long as corruption is allowed to continue destroying the nation. “We must fight all forces that prevent us from achieving our dreams,” said President Kenyatta
“We must reach to a stage in our country where it is not who you know…that you know the President, that you know the minister, that you know who is who in which office. That should not be. That’s not what makes a human being,’ said the President
So far afew buildings including Java in Kileleshwa, Soiuth end Mall on Lang’ata Road, Ukay Centre and Oshwal Centre have been demolished.
Othefr building set for demolish include the proposed land for Gigiri and Ruaraka fire stations, Highridge Hospital in parklands, new Muthaiga Thigiri Ridge County dispensary and nursery school, Pumwani Hospital expansion structures, Eastleigh county Market and wariro county market.
Others are Langata primary school land, St. Catherine primary school land, Buruburu Girls School land, Martin Luther primary school land, Kamkunji Secondary school land, Langata Secondary School land and the land reserved for South C market.