Weeks after President Uhuru Kenyatta proposed a lifestyle audit test on all state officers in line with his reignited war on corruption, the debate is yet to cool down with Kenyans continuing to air their views on the same.
Though the proposal has received a clean bill of health from the biggest section of the political elite from both sides of the divide, a small section has remained opposed to it, terming it illegal and unconstitutional.
The group is led by Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen who has repeatedly observed that it is bound to abuse in its current state, an observation that has as well received a backing from Mathare lawmaker Anthony Oluoch.
Speaking on Radio Jambo on Tuesday evening, the opposition’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) parliamentarian noted that the anti-graft technique must be tabled in parliament before use, failure to which, he said, it will be transformed into a victimisation machinery.
‘’Audit ni nzuri lakini isifanywe ili kulenga watu fulani. Nakubaliana na wanaosema haina misingi ya kisheria na ni muhimu iangaziwe bungeni kwanza kabla ifanywe (the audit is in itself good but remains illegal and must pass through the parliament to avoid being abused),’’ he said.
The audit comes months after President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga reached a truce, in which they reportedly agreed to collaborate in crushing the graft menace among several other national shortcomings.