President Uhuru has said no one in his Cabinet will use his or her position to avoid prosecution.
“I will fight corruption by all means possible and I do not care what they say. I am ready to be jailed if I am personally found guilty of corruption,” President Kenyatta said.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has previously warned leaders that they will carry their own cross if they break the law.
With no reference to any specific leader, President Kenyatta said his government will not tolerate the culture of impunity, citing those using community tags whenever they find themselves on the wrong side of the law.
Speaking in the wake of reports that some Cabinet secretaries had been questioned by investigators in connection with corruption, President Uhuru offered to serve as an example should he be found culpable.
Treasury CS Henry Rotich was on Tuesday questioned in connection with the construction of multibillion-shilling dams and claims of kickbacks, while his Tourism counterpart Najib Balala has been questioned with regard to a contract awarded to a US tour firm.
For more than six straight hours, Mr Rotich, who entered the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Kiambu Road under the cover of darkness, is yet to see the sun.
The Treasury mandarin, who has been trending on Twitter since morning, is under scrutiny for authorising payment of Sh20 billion to firms linked to Kimwarer and Arror dam projects.
He is also accused of writing to the National Land Commission asking officials to deal with land allocation issues to enable Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) to resettle residents displaced by the projects.
KVDA, which contracted Italian companies CMC di Ravenna and Itinera for the projects, is also at the centre of investigations over alleged payment of kickbacks to officials to win the Kimwarer and Arror tenders.