Let’s do away with anti-graft commission

The sad truth is that corruption is getting deeply entrenched in our national psyche and it is becoming dangerous. Once we lose our moral conscience – which I fear we may have already severed – it will be doubly difficult to recover it. We cannot afford to continue playing games with this monster born out of our human greed. PHOTO: COURTESY

So, Mr Philip Kinisu of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is out. Well – least surprising. The story at the commission has been as predictable as the rising of the sun and the going down of the same. As Benjamin Franklin is quoted to have said, only a fool does the same thing over again and expects different results.

 In the fight against corruption, it is certain Kenyans have deliberately chosen that path – the way of the fool. Ever since the days of Harun Mwau, graft conspirators have been ardent on ensuring that the gravy train is never derailed. Sad to say, but these schemers have always succeeded. The net result is that one commission after another is appointed but only succeeds in earning their hefty salaries before they are hounded out.