Uasin-Gishu county residents have on Wednesday criticised angrily the move by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to prosecute Uasin-Gishu Senator Isaac Melly.
The senator is accused of having incited residents to hold demonstrations at the University of Eldoret (UOE) for what they termed poor leadership, nepotism and corruption at the institution.
The residents added that Melly was fighting for the rights of the locals and some influential politicians in the government have used that to fight him.
“Melly did nothing wrong that warrants prosecution he was fighting for our rights," said Richard Kenei Chemoto.
According to a report from the DPP's office, Melly is alleged to have incited the residents to destroy property worth millions of shillings at the university.
“We have faith with the Jubilee Government but sometimes our leaders are leading us down. When we are fighting corruption, some leaders are selective when they are handling corruption if the devolution CS is accused of corruption in the ministry some leaders are defending her why?” asked Evans Nyariki.
According to the residents, they are looking for explanations as to why when some leaders commit themselves to fight corruption, others gang up against them.
The senator is among other leaders who are on the list of DPP who are to be prosecuted.