Deputy President William Ruto’s allies have always been accusing the Directorate of Criminal Investigations of carrying out their duties with biasness. According to Ruto allies, the war against corruption has been politicised, and Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen could not spare DCI George Kinoti. The lawmaker has called for the sacking of the DCI.
While addressing a gathering on Saturday, the Elgeyo Marakwet Senator accused Kinoti of being biased in the fight against corruption.
Murkomen claimed that the DCI boss had made a habit of leaking information to the media before summoning his suspects.
“We were told that Rotich was going to be asked 300 questions before he was summoned. I thought it was propaganda until I realized that he was actually asked 300 questions.We cannot fight corruption like that. We have to fight corruption objectively. I want to tell the DCI that we are not asking for a favour, neither are we asking him to be lenient. We are telling him to do things according to the law,” Murkomen stated.
He further asked Kinoti not to be involved in ploys to bring down certain politicians.
“You cannot run a country like that. We are raising these issues because we want to have an independent institution that is able to fight corruption,” he added.
His comments come in the wake of investigations by DCI into controversial payments for the construction of the stalled Arror and Kimwarer Dams saga in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
It is alleged that taxpayers lost Ksh 21 billion that was meant to build the dams.