The fight against corruption and abuse of office has so far affected many Kalenjin head of parastatals and even Cabinet Secretaries.
The latest casualty is Kenya Pipeline Cooperation Managing Director Joe Sang. It is claimed that he orchestrated the loss of many litres of oil.
Others to have faced the same fate are Ken Tarus, the former Managing Director of Kenya Power, Dr Lily Koros of Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), and Wilbert Kurgat, the financial director of National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF).
The involvement of these Kalenjin officials in corruption scandals stirs resentment from both camps –those who oppose and those who support Deputy President William Ruto.
Any right thinking Kenyan knows that we need to slay the dragon of corruption once and for all. Those who oppose DP Ruto’s presidential ambitions resent corruption for the simple reason that it gives the community a bad name. And that it is a vice that should be tamed at all costs.
The later camp feels that the fight against corruption is targeting, unfairly, the Kalenjin community. This camp, unfortunately, seems to have accepted corruption as the norm.
Corruption allegations labelled against these Kalenjin officials seem to point at a plan to get rid of DP Ruto’s allies in government positions.
In Kenya, it is an open secret that appointees are often driven by political interests. Whoever is in power appoints his henchmen.
Otherwise, the politics of ‘mtu wetu’ would be a thing of the past. Objective politics would be the heart that pumps blood through public service.
The question remains: is William Ruto being targeted? Even if he is not being targeted, his influence seems to be reduced as each of his point men in government gets sacked over corruption scandals.
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