No one, not even Matiang'i can be excused for breaking the law

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i when he appeared before the National Assembly Committee on Administration and National Security at Continental House, Nairobi. [Photo by Boniface Okendo/Standard]

A culture of defiance is taking root in the country. On Tuesday this week, the Senate Public Accounts and Investment Committee (PAIC) ordered Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet to produce before it the directors of three firms mentioned in a Sh3.3 billion land deal involving the Ministry of Education.

After the directors failed to appear before it, the committee fined them Sh500, 000. By whatever considerations, this was a mere slap on the wrist for the directors. Meru Senator Mithika Linturi later described the director's snubbing of the summons as contempt of the house.