Kiambu MP Jude Njomo has asked politicians to keep off the war against graft and allow independent offices established to spearhead the war do their work.
Addressing journalists at Kiambu town on Sunday, Njomo said that the move by politicians to poke into the activities of the Independent offices threatens their existence.
The Kiambu MP asked politicians to concentrate on their work and allow independent offices to do their work independently.
“It is unfortunate that some politicians are determined to politicise the war on corruption and make independent offices irrelevant,” he said.
The Kiambu MP said that though some of the offices have shown incapacity to fight corruption, politicising the whole issues would not help.
“The Independent office must be given time to work. They were established through a mechanism and the same mechanism should be used to gauge their performance. Plotting to oust directors of such offices might not be a solution,” he said.
Njomo however urged the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the police to up their game in the war against graft.
The lawmaker said that rising corruption in government and private sector will slow down the economy.
He also asked the agencies mandated to fight graft to exercise integrity and transparency in their mandate.
“We don’t want to hear scenarios where suspects are being charged selectively. The war against corruption must be transparent,” he added.
A section of leaders across the political divide have accused the EACC and the DPP for lacking will to investigate and prosecute graft cases.