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Showing posts with label KACC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KACC. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Licence to Steal?
The NARC government's war on corruption once again looks like a whitewash. Just a day before the KACC urged the prosecution of 12 suspects, Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Martha Karua offered a deal to all those implicated: return the money and face no consequences. She says that this is to promote national reconciliation.
Why, I ask, do we need to be reconciled with criminals? Is this not the same argument that Kiraitu Murungi employed when he declared Anglo-Leasing "the scandal that never was" since the cash had been returned? In fact, Karua's offer underscores the unwillingness of the government to make any meaningful attempt to punish those who have systematically pillaged and plundered Kenya's economy.
Most have gotten away scot-free (such as former president Moi, his cronies and his family, especially his son Gideon -remember the missing CID files?) and the few who have been nabbed have been treated with kid gloves. Just look at what happened to Ketan Somaia, Khamlesh Pattni and Margaret Gachara. A short time behind bars (most of which was spent in hospital private wards), no confiscation of assets and in Gachara's case, a Presidential pardon. Where is the deterrent value in that? I would gladly spend two years in prison if it meant that I could keep Kshs. 24 million. No wonder corruption continues unabated!
Why, I ask, do we need to be reconciled with criminals? Is this not the same argument that Kiraitu Murungi employed when he declared Anglo-Leasing "the scandal that never was" since the cash had been returned? In fact, Karua's offer underscores the unwillingness of the government to make any meaningful attempt to punish those who have systematically pillaged and plundered Kenya's economy.
Most have gotten away scot-free (such as former president Moi, his cronies and his family, especially his son Gideon -remember the missing CID files?) and the few who have been nabbed have been treated with kid gloves. Just look at what happened to Ketan Somaia, Khamlesh Pattni and Margaret Gachara. A short time behind bars (most of which was spent in hospital private wards), no confiscation of assets and in Gachara's case, a Presidential pardon. Where is the deterrent value in that? I would gladly spend two years in prison if it meant that I could keep Kshs. 24 million. No wonder corruption continues unabated!
Friday, September 29, 2006
The KACC of Corruption
So now Justice Aaron Ringera and the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission want Kshs. 9 billion more to fight corruption eh? In four years, the KACC has not achieved a single conviction of note. Actually, ever since he was appointed to lead the anti-corruption crusade, first as head of the defunct KACA and now its successor, Ringera has singularly distinguished himself by his failures. Why doesn't he provide us with a breakdown of all the money he has received since his KACA days and then tell us what exactly we have been paying for? Why should we believe that it's going to deliver the big fish this time round? In my book, he's either negligent of his duties or incompetent. Either way, he should go.
PS
Perhaps whoever wrote today's editorial in the Daily Nation had a look at my post on Somalia. If so, they came, they saw, they concurred.
PS
Perhaps whoever wrote today's editorial in the Daily Nation had a look at my post on Somalia. If so, they came, they saw, they concurred.
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