Naomi Mutie in a past event. [Photo/The Star]
Machakos County health and emergency chair Naomi Mutie has applauded President Uhuru Kenyatta for taking the unprecedented move to fight corruption in government during his first term.Naomi has asked the people of Machakos to support the President in the war against corruption, saying it had affected everyone in one way or another."Everybody is a victim of this corruption dragon. Here especially, we have seen farmers struggling to buy farm inputs as well as get a market for their produce but cannot because of high-level corruption in government,” said Naomi.The chairperson noted that Kenyans are shocked by the revelation of misappropriation of billions of taxpayers' money, and promised to fight graft from where he sits."In the county assembly, we will ensure that we play our oversight role while the public must play its role through public participation,” she said.She further called upon the EACC to conduct thorough investigations, so as to present a watertight case before the courts.She was speaking in Kathiani Constituency on Thursday in a burial ceremony.