A section of Kalenjin MPs have protested the recent string of arrests that have had many Parastatal Chiefs from the community nabbed in the ongoing war against Corruption.
Leaders from the community have argued that this is part of a wider scheme to scuffle Deputy President William Ruto’s Presidential ambitions. DP Ruto also seem to be on the same page with the leaders.
Speaking in Keiyo South, Uasin Gishu County, Ruto protested the arrests of senior parastatal chiefs including Joe Sang of Kenya Pipeline Company claiming the anti-corruption crusade has been politicized to settle political scores.
Some leaders from the North Rift have however hit out at the Corrupt Parastatal Chiefs and called on them to carry their own cross.
The MP said the war on graft should not be linked to 2022 politics or claims that it was being used to undermine Deputy President William Ruto.
He dismissed as baseless claims that allies of DP Ruto from the Kalenjin community were being targeted in the war on graft.
He said the NCPB was in problems that had affected farmers yet it was headed mostly by people from Rift Valley.
“The farmers who are suffering are also Kalenjins and yet some of these leaders are not coming out to speak for the farmers yet they are loud in defending individuals,” Kuttuny said. He was speaking in Cheranganyi.
He said individuals from the community implicated in graft should not drag the community into their problems.
“They steal resources from Kenyans and use it on their own. They never invite Kalenjins to get a share of the stolen resources,” Kuttuny said.
He said institutions fighting graft had been releasing long lists of suspects including people from all communities and those from Rift Valley should not consider themselves special.
“We urge the DCI and DPP Noordin Haji to tighten the noose on anyone linked to corruption without relenting,” Kuttuny he said.
Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter and Moiben MP Sila Tiren have said they also fully back the war on graft.
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