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Bishop: Political elite hampering graft war

Catholic Diocese of Kakamega Bishop Joseph Obanyi with Shinyalu MP Anami Lisamula(far left) during a ground breaking ceremony for construction of church hostels at Lubao Catholic church on Sunday.The bishop has accused the political elite of targeting institutions tasked with fighting corruption. (PHOTO:KENNEDY OKWACH)

Kakamega Catholic Diocese Bishop Joseph Obanyi and Shinyalu MP Anami Lisamula have accused the political elite of frustrating war on corruption by targeting institutions tasked with fighting the vice.

"We should let each institution exercise its mandate independently and delink war on corruption from political linings, ethnic base and religious arguments if we really mean to slay the vice," said Fr Obanyi during a church service in Lubao over the weekend.

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