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Uhuru Kenyatta and Chapter 6: The highs and lows in his graft war

National Youth Service displayed their Skills during their pass-out parade in Gilgil, Nakuru County on June 10, 2022. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

On October 19, 2016, when corruption cases were at an all-time high during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s first term in office, he threw his hands in the air and asked the public what more they wanted him to do.

A clearly frustrated president told a gathering that included Cabinet Secretaries, the Chief Justice, the Inspector General of Police and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) that he had sacrificed a lot in the war against corruption but nothing was bearing fruit.

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