Government spokesman Eric Kiraithe has hit out at the Leader of Majority Aden Duale over his claims that the government is ignoring up to one million bags of poisonous sugar hidden at Nakuru Blankets warehouses.Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, Duale said the war on contraband sugar is skewed.
"Mr Speaker, I hope the Interior CS is watching me. The problem in this country is that people look for chicken thieves and watchmen. We are being taken round [in circles]. One million bags of the contraband sugar are lying at a warehouse in Nakuru while thousands others are at godowns in Nairobi and Mombasa," Duale said.
Kiraithe said politicians should keep off the war against criminals in the country.
"Any political opinion that suggests that you have gone for criminal A but we think you should have gone for criminal B and C is diversionary, useless and a wasted effort,” Kiraithe said.
The government spokesman also warned against politicians trying to protect certain quarters.
"If there are politicians who know criminals who ought to have been targeted, they should know that going to public channels and trying to seek sympathy by protecting what they think are their constituencies are not useful,” he added.