President Uhuru Kenyatta has told off Team tanga tanga on graft war. The head of state who was speaking during the sixth devolution conference told those moving round the funerals to politicise the war against graft to stop.
He told them that the deceased won’t help them even if they continue talking ill about him.
He further challenged those accusing him of corruption to book an appointment with the DCI with an evidence and report him.
Uhuru said the war on corruption has been left to experts and expressed hope that the officers have the ability to do the job.
“So this issue of people complaining every day should stop. I saw another person complain that I have stolen from someone. My advice to the aggrieved person is that they should walk to Karura and report o the DCI offices what I have stolen,” he said in Kiswahili.
He said he won’t be intimidated by those threatening or blackmailing him in funerals.
“Huyo mtu ambaye amekufa hatakuasidia (The deceased will not be of help to you,” Uhuru said.
“Go there [DCI] and present your case and say Uhuru has stolen this or that. No one is preventing you from doing that,” he said.
Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi and other Rift Valley politicians on Sunday said the President and ODM leader Raila Odinga are using the fight against corruption to harass innocent Kenyans especially those allied to Ruto.
“When Ruto supported Raila he was not a thief, when he backed Uhuru he was not a thief, but now that his turn for the top seat has come you say he is a thief,” Sudi said.
The MP said Uhuru and Raila “should not pretend to be holy”.
“When the issue of JKIA came up, they decided to use the Elgeyo Marakwet dams to cover up the plan to take over the airport. We know a lot about them,” Sudi added.
Responding to Uhuru’s remarks on his Facebook account yesterday, Sudi said, Well,well, well said Mr. President, I agree with you that we must not address these issues in funerals, weddings or other public functions. But unfortunately, Uhuru is DCI and DCI is Uhuru.”
Sudi also claimed that DCI Kinoti is was being used to target innocent people in the war on graft.
However, the President said moving around and complaining will not help adding that everyone suspected to have been engaged in corrupt dealing will have an opportunity to defend himself or herself in court.