Kenya: When Fighting Graft Is Like Washing a Pig

opinion

In a cartoon that appeared in the Nation on March 14, the cartoonist depicted Wanjiku (ordinary Kenyan) wishing that the government, and particularly President Uhuru Kenyatta, could be a zealot in fighting corruption.

Sadly though, Wanjiku's reveries will remain just that: far-fetched dreams. This is because President Kenyatta and his Jubilee ensemble will not fight corruption, neither will Nasa's Raila Odinga, Musalia Mudavadi, Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetang'ula. Not even the self-declared saviour of Kenya from tribalism and runaway corruption, Dr Ekuru Aukot.

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