The DPP ought not to have defended himself against anything. The moment he starts going on the defensive, he opens up himself for much more attacks. So, it doesn’t matter how many people have been arraigned from a particular community.
People holding certain positions in government are responsible for their actions and should be held personally liable . So, if anything goes wrong, you must know it is about you. It is not about your brother, your relative or any member of your community. The liability is personal not general.
I think that the DPP is actually watering down his professional argument. He should adhere to his professional calling as a government prosecutor.
And he is not the one going to pick people from the streets. There are investigative agencies that have that mandate. They will go out there and take whoever is mentioned adversely.
Sometimes you are just adversely mentioned but maybe you are innocent. Once the investigations are done and there is no evidence against you, then you are set free.
But if they find you are culpable for anything, you are just dealt with according to the law. And they should not read anything outside the law. Only read what the law says.
So, the DPP should never go in the direction of defending himself, because the moment he does that, it means there is something wrong with what he is doing. He should just maintain that he is executing the mandate given to him under his office.
If you are a CS, PS or any officer in government, it does not matter where you come from. So long as this has fallen on your doorstep, stop bringing in your brother, sister, community and all that.
If the DPP says that Kikuyus are the majority on his list as he mentioned, look at the positions the Kikuyus have held in government. They have been here for a long time, they are entrenched. They occupy positions of influence. So if anything happens in these departments, you find them there. Some communities have not been in government for a long time.
The Westlands MP spoke to the Star
