Senate Minority Leader James Orengo insists the constitution does not give immunity to anybody in the country other than the president, adding that corrupt individuals should not be spared.
In a heated contribution at the Senate on Thursday, DP William Ruto's name was dragged with senators openly reading from different scripts over the maize scandal that saw the country losing Sh2 billion to rogue farmers.
“Article 143 of the Constitution only gives immunity to the President. We have reached a situation where we have to call a spade a spade. The Jubilee administration should graduate from probing petty crime to grand corruption,” the Siaya Senator said.
He added: "The road for investigation is leading to one place. The Senate should rise to the occasion and follow evidence which points to a particular top office and individual that perpetuates corruption and immunity by virtue of power enjoyed."
But a section of senators led by Kipchumba Murkomen accused the DCI of allegedly being used to settle political scores, insisting that Ruto's name was unfairly being dragged to every scandal.
“It is a political tool. You might find a way of dragging a certain politician to be there. If there is the worst form of campaign going on in this nation it is the fact that everybody wants to throw mud at another person in preparation for 2022,” he said.
Prompted by Deputy Speaker Kithure Kindiki to elaborate whether he meant Ruto, Orengo cleverly said that if it's Ruto sabotaging the economy, he should not be spared either.
Orengo told the Standard that; “I meant the words I used. If those words meant the DP I can’t help. If the shark is the DP lock him up."