Evelyne Ogutu
27 February 2006
Nairobi — The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission boss, Aaron Ringera, should crack the whip on ministers and Government officials implicated in corruption scandals irrespective of their protests.
Energy Assistant minister, Mwangi Kiunjuri, and Nyeri Town MP, P G Mureithi, told Ringera to move with speed and ensure that all those who have been implicated in various scandals face the law.
Kiunjuri, who was speaking at Dedan Kimathi grounds in Nyeri, said all those mentioned in graft scandals should stop misusing the courts and face the law.
"Those mentioned in various scandals should first be relieved of their duties and Ringera should go for those who are putting court injunctions so that they cannot be investigated. The courts should not be used to protect thieves," said Kiunjuri.
The assistant minister said President Kibaki was elected on a reform platform and he should use his powers to sack all those implicated in various scandals.
Kiunjuri said they were ready to defend the President in Parliament and that some Government friendly MPs had researched on every legislator's performance.
Mureithi, who was at the same venue, said Ringera was taking too long to eradicate corruption.
"We are paying Ringera a lot of money. Every month, Kenyans are giving him Sh2 million and yet two years after he took office, we are yet to see action. We want to see action now and not tomorrow," said Mureithi.
Meanwhile, the Government has been told to act on the Ndung'u Land Commission's recommendations by establishing a tribunal to ease the squatter problem.
A former official with the commission, Wanyiri Kihoro, said the Government was taking too long to implement the recommendations forwarded by the commission.
Kihoro, a former MP for Nyeri Town, also said by now the office of the Attorney General should have set up a land tribunal to deal with all illegally acquired title deeds.
Kihoro said in a few years time the squatter crisis would snowball into a big problem if not addressed, adding that the only way to address the issue was to get all grabbed public land and return it through a tribunal.
He said there were over four million squatters spread countrywide and the number was set to increase.
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