President Uhuru Kenyatta has promised to deal with all corrupt people.
The president said corrupt people are the reason why the country cannot progress because they milk the public resource funds. The president termed search people as enemies of progress and said he will fight them all.
In his statement read by the devolution CS, Mwangi Kiunjuri in Meru, the president said no person will be speared. He said all people in society should be accountable for their deeds and that all corrupt people should face the law no matter their status in society.
‘‘There should be no excuse when it comes to accountability. The government will treat all people as one and equal when it comes to this fight,’’ read Kenyatta’s statement.
Kenyatta also called on the county officials to work with the national government to shun corruption in the country.
‘‘County governments must work with us to stem corruption, wastage and institutional in fighting which is a threat to devolution. By next year, we will have distributed sh1 trillion to counties. Kenyans will want accountability of this money. I urge governors to be in the forefront to fight corruption in their respective counties,’’ said Kenyatta.