Punish those who lied to the President

Doubt has been expressed on some of the figures the Government has regularly given out to corroborate its development record. While President Uhuru Kenyatta recently read out the total number of connections to the national power grid in the Last Mile project, it turns out he was given fictitious figures. Kenya Power employees did not just lie to the President; they lied to millions of Kenyans who despite paying taxes, still aren’t connected to the national grid.

Yet this is just but the tip of the iceberg. Government bureaucrats routinely lie about projects to avoid recriminations over missed targets and deadlines and for substandard work.