Theft: Uhuru is probably looking the other way

President Uhuru Kenyatta at a past function. From where we sit, it is Uhuru’s legacy going up in flames. [File, Standard]

Corruption. That is one word you hear all around Kenya today. At the National Youth Service, billions found feet and walked away. Only that the money’s broad-daylight jaywalk ended up in the pockets of a chosen few – the cabal that has both political power and powerful connections.  

At the vulnerable National Cereals and Produce Board, ‘ghost’ farmers supplied the Sh2 billion maize the board would have bought from Uganda at a mouth-watering price. At the time, NCPB was paying Uasin Gishu, Nakuru and Trans Nzoia farmers Sh2,200 a sack, payable next season.