BIG 4 Agenda a pipe dream if Uhuru doesn’t win war against corruption – Kabogo, Wainaina.
Ex-Kiambu Governor William Kabogo and Thika Town MP Eng. Patrick Wainaina on Thursday during the burial of the late David Njuguna Wanjiku at Kimorori village, Kenol in Murang’a County. |
Ex-Kiambu Governor William Kabogo and Thika Town MP Eng.
Patrick Wainaina said that Kenya was a very good country which was now in
danger of being destroyed by greedy individuals who were stealing from public coffers
at every available opportunities.
The duo were speaking on Thursday during the burial of the late
David Njuguna Wanjiku at Kimorori village, Kenol in Murang’a County. The Late
Njuguna was a member of the Thika MP’s security detail.
They recommended very harsh penalties against anyone one
found guilty of graft as a way to deter others from indulging in the vice.
“He (Uhuru) only has two years to do this (win war against
corruption) because as we approach 2021, the political temperatures will start
to rise and it will be very difficult for him to beat graft in such an
environment. We must also extend this fight to counties corruption is also
rampant thus jeopardising the real reason why Kenyans opted for devolved system
of government,” said Kabogo.
On his part, Wainaina urged the president to be very
ruthless with graft suspects, suggesting that Kenya goes the East Asia way
where extreme punishments were meted against all those found guilty of
corruption.
He called on all state officers mentioned in graft to step
aside as they used their continued stay in office to interfere with evidence
against them as well as intimidating their juniors not to testify against them.
“Our constitution is very clear on the integrity of all
state officers. If one is mentioned in corruption, they should immediately step
aside to allow investigators dig into any evidence against them. And in case
they don’t, the president should crack the whip and eject them from office,”
said Wainaina.
The duo also weighed in on the ongoing constitutional amendments
debate with Kabogo saying that it was all irrelevant if at all it did not zero
in with development of this country.
“The current debate on constitutional changes is irrelevant without
development of the people,” he said
Wainaina took a swipe at the high wage bill in the country which
he said that if unchecked, it might end up overwhelming the country in a few
years to come.
“The country is operating on a wage bill of about 50% of its
budget which is rather too high. It is rather uneconomical to run a rather
bloated government which consumes all its resources on recurrent expenditure.
That is why I am suggesting constitutional amendments that will do away with the
47 counties and instead run with about 14 regional governments that are economically
viable,” explained the Thika legislator.
He also suggested for the scrapping of all nominated seats
both in the national and devolved units saying that they added no value to Kenyans.
He instead proposed the creation of elective posts to cater for special needs
and youth where qualified persons vied for the same thus making them answerable
to the electorate unlike in the current system where nominated MPs and MCAs
never represent anyone other than their own interests and those of the people
that nominated them into government.
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