Raila should fight graft in his backyard

Opposition leader Raila Odinga must seriously begin to look over his shoulders over massive corruption taking place in CORD-led counties.

The Jubilee administration has had its fair share of Raila's fierce criticism over mismanagement of public affairs and corruption in the better part of 2014 and the entire 2015. Jubilee is now preparing to take the fight to CORD's doorstep.

Jubilee will accuse CORD and Raila of abetting corruption and other elements of malpractice to justify that he has no moral ground to persistently point an accusing finger at the Government.

All is not well and a huge chunk of Raila's supporters are disenfranchised or disappointed with county governments' performance.

Raila should know that some county executives in CORD-led counties own multi-million-shilling property in terms of real estate others and are using proxies to avoid detection. Majority of their ill-gotten investments are outside their respective counties. Some even avoid keeping money in banks to avert lethal strike by anti-fraud detectives.

He must move fast to crack the whip to help restore confidence the people have in him.

Raila's unrivaled influence can salvage the remaining resources. Even some of his foot soldiers decided to keep off the affairs of the counties, while others went to bed with governors.

He got it right in Homa Bay during the investment forum when he declared that CORD would not tolerate misuse of public funds adding that any official implicated in corruption must carry their own cross.

He further warned governors against engaging in wastage of public resources they obtain from local revenues.