Nairobi County women representative Esther Passaris has stated that President Uhuru Kenyatta has to ensure he emerges victorious in the fight against corruption before 2022.
The county member of parliament was speaking at an interview with Citizen television on Tuesday morning.
Passaris said that in the past, Nigeria was associated with corruption and drug trafficking, but nowadays, Kenya is notorious with corruption.
She further added that corruption has been regarded as just an ordinary act that does not raise eyebrows when one commits it, hence, decried that it sets a dangerous precedent for the country’s future.
She has challenged President Uhuru to step up the war on the vice as he ends his term in office.
“I really feel that if the President is looking for a good legacy, he should not look for any other legacy than to firmly and decisively deal with corruption the way Rwanda did in the past,” held Passaris.
The legislator went on to say that the genesis of poverty in the country is corruption and that is why slum dwellers bank their hopes on donors, because looted government coffers go bankrupt, leaving no money for development.
“I feel that it is harder to not be corrupt in Kenya than be corrupt. Corruption is the way we think and do things and that ought to change,” regretted Passaris.