Phillip Kinisu’s exit and the hard lessons it offers

A recommendation by Parliament’s Justice and Legal Affairs Committee that the embattled Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Phillip Kinisu be sacked bore fruit yesterday after Mr Kinisu threw in the towel.

It was clearly in the interest of the public that Mr Kinisu had to do the right thing by resigning. The charges against him seriously undermined his credibility. Corruption is expensive to Kenya. A staggering quarter of a million jobs are lost each year due to corruption. And so the man charged with slaying the dragon ought to be, like Caesar’s wife, beyond reproach.