We don’t care who is pursuing graft suspects, we want the job done

As the political assault on the “war on corruption” intensified, several politicians this week raised the issue of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations’ (DCI) authority on investigations into corruption. I would normally dismiss such allegations as the uninformed antics of idle politicians, but I have been around long enough to sense when what is seemingly idle talk morphs into serious political decisions, eradicating some officer.

This has been true of all former EACC honchos -- from the theatrical Harun “the Boss” Mwau, to Judge Ringera of the shark slaying fame, through the erudite PLO, the serene Mumo Matemu and finally the tough talking Philip Kinisu. They were all hounded out of office after funeral meeting pronouncements. I suspect DCI Kinoti is made of sterner stuff but the sounds that accompanied the EACC sackings sounded eerily like what we are hearing on the DCI boss. We would be remiss if we do not clarify the law on the issue even as we leave the politicians to do their bit, hopefully informed on the law.