Nairobi — Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta's exposure on Wednesday that two key accounts of World Bank-funded projects had been frozen over corruption allegations was one of the boldest move we have heard from inside government.

For once, the government has admitted that dangerous vultures exist in its midst who must be checked to forestall a much bigger financial scandal.

The loss of Sh131 million from the education and water projects can only be the tip of an iceberg given that more than Sh10b is at stake.

Mr Kenyatta's gesture is, therefore, a lesson to colleagues that the government cannot continue covering corruption within its ranks. For that is the way the country systematically slid into infamous scandals like Goldenberg and Anglo Leasing.

Such huge theft of public funds would not have arisen had ministers and permanent secretaries acted early to help nip the avarice in the bud.

Since we are sure there are many more such financial scandals in various donor-funded projects countrywide, we urge the authorities to move fast and expose them.

The tradition where some officials working for donor-funded projects regard them as cash cows must stop. Now it is for the much-maligned Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission to save face by completing investigations fast and recommending the culprits for prosecution.