This follows a move by MPs to sack the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) CEO, Halake Waqo, and his Deputy, Francis Mubea, through a vote in Parliament; a move that has left a rotten egg on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s face in his quest to end corruption in Government.
Addressing the Press during a church function at the PCEA Church in Githurai, Nairobi, Jubilee MPs led by Dennis Waweru (Dagoretti South), Esther Gathogo (Ruiru), Anne Nyokabi (Kiambu) and Alice Wahome (Kandara), claimed that Raila Odinga was behind last week’s vote to send home the entire EACC secretariat.
They said the endorsement of the EACC Bill introduced by CORD’s Deputy Whip, Chris Wamalwa, was part of a wider scheme by Raila Odinga to paralyze investigations into corruption scandals and in the process render President Uhuru Kenyatta, who has cracked the whip on his war on graft, beginning with the infamous list of shame, ineffective and incapable.
“As leaders of Central region, we feel that the main motivation behind the disbandment of the EACC secretariat is to blackmail the President and thwart the war on corruption, as well as cover up corruption by some figures in the Opposition,” said Waweru.
Uhuru has expressed fury over the MPs’ move to send the EACC secretariat home saying the decision would greatly hamper the war on corruption.
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