Mass action will help us realise dream of Constitution

Most Kenyans are tearing hair from their heads, following constant revelations of the plunder that has been normalised by the Jubilee regime. We have complained, vented on social media and been perplexed by the amounts looted. But it continues, unabated, and by people who believe we are so dense that appealing to our tribal sentiments is enough to maintain the plunder.

But why is it that despite all the rhetoric and table-thumping from Uhuru Kenyatta, this plunder continues? Yes, some of the revelations stem from before this apparent newborn fervour against corruption; a time when he in fact spoke out to defend some of his favoured ones, as with NYS1 scandal. Remember that moment in State House when he berated Auditor General Edward Ouko for wanting to dig deeper into the Eurobond scandal, including questioning the Federal Reserve Bank of New York? Basically, when someone with powers—and Kenya’s presidency still has immense powers despite the 2010 Constitution—shouts, moans and pleads about an issue that he can turn around, but still nothing happens, there can only be two reasons for the inaction.