EACC chairman Eliud Wabukala in a past event. He says that high profile individuals are frustrating the war on graft. (Photo: nation.co.ke)Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) boss Eliud Wabukala has blamed the slow pace in the fight against corruption to high profile individuals who he claim are using every resource to frustrate the war against corruption.

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Wabukala claims that suspects mentioned in mega corruption scandals have a lot of money which they are using to buy services of the best lawyers who end up frustrating the cases.

The EACC boss further claims that graft suspects have wide networks that they allegedly use to delay investigation and prosecution of the cases.

“These people (corruption suspects) have a lot of money and networks which they use to get good lawyers who only end up frustrating the cases filed against them,” he said as quoted by the Star.

Wabukala however said that the commission will not relent in investigating graft cases.

He said that commission is working closely with other agencies under a Multi-Agency approach to ensure speedy investigation and prosecution of economic crimes.

He said that the commission has in the last two years investigated and recommended prosecution of 1,340 cases.

Wabukala added that the commission is probing over 400 high profile graft cases.

The EACC boss said the commission has also recovered 1.6 Billion in corruption scandals in the last six months.

The EACC and other state agencies mandated to fight graft has been on the spot over the slowness in investigation and prosecution of the cases.

Last year President Uhuru Kenyatta hit out at the EACC, DPP, Judiciary and the police over slowness in taming corruption.

The President said that a lot of resources have been allocated to fight corruption and urged the agencies involved to pull up their socks.

Jubilee government has been hit with a wave of graft scandals with the opposition accusing it of tolerating corrupt officials.

The opposition has been accusing UhuRuto's administration of allegedly abetting graft.