Senate Majority leader Kithure Kindiki wants the constitution amended to give more powers to the President to fight corruption.
According to Kindiki, some sections of the Constitution have compromised the President’s powers to act directly on challenges facing his administration including fighting graft.
“We shall lobby and ensure the constitution is amended to give the president powers to handle corruption in the ministries directly,” he said as quoted by the Standard.
He at the same time accused the EACC and Judiciary of delaying in investigating and prosecuting senior government officials implicated in graft.
“It is very unfortunate that the President has no direct hand in punishing the officials implicated in corruption, the bodies that have been given mandate seems to be reluctant in investigating and prosecuting the graft officials,” said.
Kindiki made the remarks in Gatunga, in Tharaka constituency on Saturday.
He was with Chuka/Igambang'ombe MP Muthomi Njuki and other Jubilee hopefuls for the 2017 elections.
He stated that the Head of State is committed to restoring the confidence of Kenyans in various ministries by fighting corrupt officials.
He condemned the Judiciary for temporarily barring the DPP from preferring charges against former NYS officials and tender committee chairman Hassan Noor over the Sh791 million scandal.