You will take lie detector tests, Uhuru warns public officials

Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta addresses this years Madaraka Day celebration at Kinoru Stadium in Meru.

Breathing fire at Madaraka Day celebrations, President Uhuru Kenyatta has given the biggest indication that a turning point in the country’s war against corruption is in the offing.

From introduction of lie detector machines in fresh vetting of public officials, expression of satisfaction at arrest of government officials, promise of more “big fish” catches to comparison of corruption with colonialism, the die appears cast.