30 October 2009
Nairobi — Lawyers have opposed Garsen MP Danson Mungatana's Bill seeking to disband the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission.
They argue that the move is premature and would be a blow to the gains made in the fight against corruption.
Instead, the Law Society of Kenya is urging Parliament to help reform the institution to make it more effective. LSK vice-chairman Aggrey Mwamu on Friday asked MPs not to pass the Bill.
"LSK does not support the Mungatana Bill because it will destroy an institution that has been built over the years. We are therefore totally against the winding up of KACC and we are urging our learned friends in Parliament not to support this Bill," Mr Mwamu said.
Key note speaker
Mr Mwamu was speaking at the end of an LSK luncheon whose key note speaker was United States ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger. The envoy spoke on the role of the US Government in the reform agenda in the country.
He disclosed that the letter to a senior government official whose visa to the US has been revoked is yet to be written days after the announcement was made.
Mr Ranneberger said that the State Department was yet to write the letter although the decision had already been made.
"It is only after this letter has been delivered to the individual that we can make it public. Once this happens we will surely let you know who the person is," the envoy said in response to queries why his government was keeping the matter secret.
Mr Ranneberger said that the resignation of Mr Justice Aaron Ringera had opened the possibility for real reform to make the legal system more effective, unbiased, transparent, and corruption-free.
He said the US was ready to provide assistance to make KACC more effective.
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