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Crack whip on corruption to be sure of re-election in 2017, Atwoli tells President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Uhuru Kenyatta has a word with COTU secretary General Francis Atwoli (left), during the 2015 Labour Day celebrations at Uhuru Park. PHOTO: GOVEDI ASUTSA/FILE.

KISUMU: The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu)'s Secretary General Francis Atwoli has challenged President Uhuru Kenyatta to sternly strike a whip to abate corruption issues in the country.

While speaking in Kisumu during the launch of a certificate course in Trade Unionism for Social Justice in East Africa, Mr Atwoli expressed disappointment over the ongoing corruption deals in the country and the degenerating value of the shilling against the dollar.

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