Culture, family have become victims of impunity, corruption

Talk of corruption may be on everyone’s lips but put bluntly it thrives because impunity reigns. Corruption didn’t begin the other day; it has been the curse of the nation since the dawn of independence. The first generation of looters grabbed every available piece of land while their cronies and offspring then turned their attention to parastatals, ministries and government houses. Corruption has more recently been devolved to counties and the loot has reached the grassroots even if development and famine relief is yet to find their way there.

No matter what the President threatens and regardless of the best efforts of Messrs Kinoti and Haji, the predominant belief is that you can get away with just about everything in Kenya. Many people were not found guilty for the post-election violence in 2007-8; National Land Commission and Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission have failed miserably and jointly to repossess public land; tenderpreneurs and mega looters have created war chests for 2022 yet our prisons are overflowing with chicken thieves and teenage sexual offenders.