The fight against corruption has continued to make headlines over the past few weeks with the Government apparently renewing the fights against this vice that has robbed the country of Billions of Shillings.
Leaders from all over the Country have had a say with regards to the ongoing war with some supporting it while others have openly come out to protest it.
A section of leaders from the Kalenjin Community have raised concerns that the war against corruption has been politicized with a section of leaders from the leaders arguing that this is part of a wider scheme to scuffle Deputy President William Ruto’s Presidential ambitions.
Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa has now come out to give some advice to the Kalenjin Community which is at the center of almost all the ongoing corruption scandals that have rocked the country.
Ichung’wa has told the Kalenjin community not to view the war on Corruption as a fight against their people.
Ichung’wa said Kikuyu community suffered a stigma when they were labelled “thieves” saying people should not see as if a community is being targeted.
Ichung’wa urged anti-corruption agencies to not only arrest suspects, but to also recover stolen monies.
“The war on corruption is still on and we will support it. We don’t see it as tribal. What we are calling for is the recovery of stolen public funds,” he said.
He was speaking at PCEA church’s 120 years anniversary celebration’s at PCEA Thogoto Teachers College grounds in Kikuyu constituency.
The event was also attended by Amani National Congress Party leader Musalia Mudavadi who told off Deputy President William Ruto over government arrests of top officials in the war on graft.
“President Uhuru Kenyatta is not fighting government officials, he is not targeting tribes. He is after the corrupt officials, not individuals,” he said, adding Kenyans should encourage and support him.
The ANC Party Boss urged elected leaders to support the President’s approach and urged politicians to keep politics out of crime.
He dismissed as mischievous claims by some Rift Valley politicians who warned that the Kalenjin managers in government jobs were being targeted and branded corrupt.
Mudavadi, who praised the church for participating in the fight against corruption, revealed that he was looking for support in the race for presidency countrywide.
He caused laughter when he said people in Central Kenya call him “Macharia” or “Mukiri”.
“Macharia in Kikuyu means searching, and am searching. Others say that am Mukiri, meaning, polite. They say I seem to be trusted by Kenyans to protect the constitution,” Mudavadi added.
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