Mr President, without naming culprits, anti-graft talk remains hollow rhetoric

From road projects to bursary allocations; from education capitation to social protection stipends, there’s always a “cut.” [File, Standard] 

“Name them!”, the media demanded. “Name and shame them”, was the Kenyan cry of the past.  “Name them, jail them and recover our money” is the present clamour in our interesting Gen Z times. Yes, we’re talking about the C-word — corruption. 

For the second time in a fortnight, President William Ruto has accused Parliament — once firmly under his party’s control before broad-based government arrangement weakened Opposition voices — of soliciting bribes and other favours in exchange for favourable decisions in the August House.