Let leaders respect investigative agencies

The political temperature is rising every day courtesy of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s-led anti-corruption crusade. It is not in doubt the war against graft in has split leaders. The executive is operating at cross purpose, and the same is true of the political class. The North Rift, and a section of the Mt Kenya region’s political elites are split too. The regions’ leaders are crying foul over the wave of arrests made by investigative agencies against managers and officials of various parastatals and the executive linked to corruption.

Fear is growing that the battle over the fight on corruption could quickly take an ethnic or regional twist and lead to violence. Deputy President William Ruto has several times alluded to the perception that the anti-corruption crusade has taken a political angle, and warned against targeting people on the basis of their perceived political persuasion. Unfortunately, his allies have now picked the chorus, warning that law enforcement agencies should not be ‘used’ to destroy people’s careers. This is indeed a dangerous trajectory.