Jubilee keen on war against graft, says AG

By Philip Mwakio

Kenya: Attorney-General Githu Muigai has said the Jubilee administration is committed to fighting corruption.

 The AG said that the recent steps taken by the government to ratify the United Nations Convention Against Corruption adopted by the General Assembly in 2003, and its subsequent domestication was a clear testimony to the resolve in the fight against the vice.

In a speech read on his behalf by Solicitor-General Njee Muturi during the opening of the Ethics and Leadership Workshop at the Mombasa Serena Beach Hotel, the AG added that the government had also enacted legislation to combat corruption.

“We have added to our armoury two key pieces of legislation – the Leadership and Integrity Act No 18 of 2012, and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, 2013,’’ he explained.

 In attendance are representatives drawn from the Anti-Corruption Commission, Public Service Commission, public institutions, county and national governments as well as the private sector and civil society.