Public has lost confidence in EACC

It is a pity that our country is slowly losing the respect it had earned some years back.

Fighting corruption in this country will remain futile until the day the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission itself will stop being compromised.

Even though EACC claims to be transparent and upholds integrity as one of the virtues that guide its operations, the reality shows otherwise.

It is ironical that just two weeks after EACC declared that former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Ann Waiguru is clean over the National Youth Service (NYS), it made an about-turn and launched fresh investigations after fresh allegations were raised by Josphine Kabura over the Sh791 million scandal.

Kabura, in an affidavit deposited in court, detailed how Waiguru took the lead role in the NYS scandal.

It is indeed true that power and money corrupts. One wonders if EACC officers received cash inducements to declare that Waiguru clean.

Kabura has a lot of information which the EACC pretended not to have. But if they had, then it’s true that the advice given to Waiguru to divert the attention of the EACC as stated by Kabura worked.

This is perhaps the reason why the EACC could not give a vivid report to Kenyans about the whole scandal and the money found in the homes of other NYS officials before they rushed in clearing Waiguru’s name.

The public had already lost confidence in the EACC.

When high institutions in our country realise the beauty of their independence and their due mandate to the public, this country will fight corruption with due diligence.

{Nicholas Ouma, Kisumu}

 A few days ago, we were told that the EACC had let Waiguru off the hook.

We are now hearing stories coming from the courts. Will the EACC and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) take interest in the new claims?

Public funds continue to be lost and we want to witness real action being taken on the culprits and accomplices.

{Githuku Mungai, via email}