President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared support for the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at a time when the DCI has been under pressure to exit.
Speaking on Friday at State House, Nairobi, the Head of State said that whoever has issues with the bodies and their role in the anti-corruption campaign should tell the nation why and propose a better option and not make baseless noises.
"If somebody feels this action was not good, put it on the table and say why. We don’t want corruption to be used to victimise people. We want corruption fight to resolve issues and benefit 50 million Kenyans,” said Uhuru.
A section of Jubilee leaders led by Deputy President William Ruto has called upon the DCI to leave the anti-graft war to the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC).
The group has repeatedly claimed that the DCI is being used to settle political scores by throwing everything to do with corruption at the DP and persons close to him.
Uhuru was addressing delegates during the launch of the second review of the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the County Government of Kenya reports.
The President also maintained that he has no plans to break his truce with opposition leader Raila Odinga, adding that no amount of intimidation from a section of Jubilee leaders opposed to the same will derail him.
He admitted that Raila enjoys the support of a huge number of Kenyans and isolating him will amount to isolating fellow Kenyans, which he will not do.
He pointed out that he is working with Raila for the sake of his supporters and many other Kenyans who did not vote for him, as they too are Kenyans and are entitled to his attention.
"Where are they going? They are going nowhere. I cannot ignore such a huge chunk of people who did not vote for me. I got to work with them,” he said as quoted by the Standard.