From the past experience, anti-corruption campaigns initiated by sitting regimes have been deliberately set up to fail, but this time round it mustn’t abort midway.
Most have been gimmicks, strategic public relations exercises to appease donors or a restless citizenry, and in certain cases, clever politics to fix, re-organise or address stubborn political challenges.
Of course, some quarters have already raised fears that this campaign is lopsided and tailored for ulterior motives, most likely political. God forbid!
Kenyans need to monitor this anti-corruption drive with keen interest. It must be genuine and with strength of resolve.
We should get the whole comprehensive truth about how this monster hatched, matured, started roaming and went on the rampage without being intercepted.
Anti-corruption purges have used selectively and for strategic survival house cleaning political manoeuvers. This time it must be done absolutely right.
All culprits and their godfathers should be put to the sword mercilessly.
This does not mean Kenyans are opposed. No. Citizens support it 100%. But they want it to be real.
All corruption must be shaken and uprooted. Once and for all! This isn't rocket science.
The root causes of the corruption crisis must be addressed. Obviously, a crisis comes at the tail end of a graduated recurrence of an untreated problem. Only in few cases does a crisis just erupt.
Therefore, the country should summon all its resources, intelligence-plus and attack culprits and facilitators. This can only be executed in a climate of real political will steered from the very top, the presidency.
If the presidency and the Jubilee Executive are genuine, they will just be joining the People’s President, H.E. Raila Odinga who arrived here a long time ago. But our anti-corruption efforts were
maliciously frustrated by the intransigent, pre-handshake Jubilee leadership.
The presidency has at its disposal the NIS, the Auditor General, EACC and DCI to get credible intelligence, information, paper-trails and networks of sleaze.
They should provide the whole truth about this rot for the final onslaught.
The ODM Treasurer and ex-Kitutu Masaba MP spoke to the Star
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