President Uhuru Warns Leaders Against Politicizing War on Corruption

President Kenyatta has once again cautioned leaders against politicizing the war on corruption.

Speaking during the launch of Kenya’s 2nd Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Country Review Report at State House, Nairobi on Friday, Kenyatta says politician must allow investigating agencies to do their work.

“It is not me …corruption has been identified as a stumbling block..again there is no politics there..let us allow the agencies to do their work… let us not turn this to community fights, into individual fights,” says Kenyatta.

While reiterating his commitment to fighting the vice, President Uhuru says the war on graft is not targeted at specific individuals.

“You will hear that so and so is being targeted.. .we must deal with corruption and the fact is that whether we want to accept it or not it exists.. why don’t we fix it instead of politicking,” he notes.

“We can compete in a civilized manner, recognizing that after competition nobody is leaving Kenya.. .when we say we are reaching out, how do you expect me to say I am governing if I don’t reach out to people?” Kenyatta poses.

Deputy President William Ruto and leaders allied to him recently claimed they were unfairly been targeted in the war on graft.

They accused the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) of being used to settle political differences. 

“We will refuse and reject any attempt by people to put together a political narrative using corruption and propaganda to drive a scheme to undermine Government programmes and projects, with the aim of destroying the Big Four agenda,” said Ruto.