Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua on Tuesday raised concern over the delay in court cases.
Speaking at his backyard, the second term county boss said that the delay in the cases has hampered the fight against graft in different offices of the government.
He has now asked Chief Justice David Maraga to set time limits for corruption-related cases to make it easy to recover lost resource.
He noted that it is saddening for the taxpayers to suffer when a few individuals are looting from them yet nothing is being done to curb the same.
Mutua, who doubles as Maendeleo Chap Chap party leader, reminded President Uhuru Kenyatta not to give up in the war against graft.
He argued that Uhuru, who is completing his second and final term in office, is destined to fail if he doesn’t become firmer on corruption.
“Most of the money eaten is from the national government and we have to stop it through systems and ensure the culprits are arrested and prosecuted,” Mutua said, as quoted by Capital FM.
He also thanked the MCAs for passing the budget to pave way for the implementation of different projects within the region.
Mutua said that it is the collective responsibility of all leaders from the region to ensure development is realized at the end of the day.
Deputy Governor Francis Maliti, Assembly Majority Leader Mark Muendo, and Assembly Clerk Felix Mbiuki were present during the event.