ODM leader Raila Odinga has lashed at Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro over an impending bill which seeks to drastically reduce powers of DPP and DCI in the role played on investigations of economic crimes.
The first term MP has been rallying behind his colleagues to support the controversial bill which has however caused divisions among leaders in the fight against corruption.
“We have so many bodies doing the same thing — you have the police investigating, there is the DPP and then there is the DCI. At the end of the day, investigations are delayed because you are dealing with multiple agencies, all with their own bureaucratic structures. There is also the danger of the evidence leaking out and being diluted because of the multiplicity of players involved,” Nyoro said.
The move has caused confusions among MPs with those allied to President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga accusing a camp allied to DP William Ruto of trying to intimidate the DCI and DPP over the ongoing fight against corruption.
At the Coast on Tuesday, Odinga claimed that Nyoro had gone mad, adding that the fight against corruption will not be won with the introduction of such bills to parliament.
"I have seen an MP (Nyoro) drafting a bill that wants to reduce powers of DPP and DCI in fight against corruption. Has the MP lost his senses? I think he's mad. You can't clip powers of those institutions when we are busy fighting corruption," Raila said.
The bill seeks to transfer investigation powers to Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, with the MP arguing that all the bodies are involved in investigations thus making it difficult for corruption cases to be prosecuted.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on his part has lauded the work being done by DCI George Kinoti and DPP Noordin Haji, a move that could put Ndindi Nyoro at loggerheads with his party leader.