Join us in the fight against corruption, Uhuru tells Kenyans.

 President Uhuru Kenyatta, Opposition Leader Raila Odinga and Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang Nyong'o stand at attention for the national Anthem before the official Launch of Universal Health Coverage in Kisumu-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo

By Dickson Odhiambo

  December 13, 2018.

Join us in the fight against corruption, Uhuru tells Kenyans.

PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta has today reiterated his Government's full commitment in the fight against corruption which has bedeviled the country, asking Kenyans to come out and join the Government in the fight against the vice.

Kenyatta says the fight against corruption in the country is not a one person affair and all Kenyans should join to help the Government fight the vice.

Addressing a huge gathering at Mamboleo Show Ground in Kisumu today, President Kenyatta said the fight against corruption is not targeting any individual, community, race, religion among others.

President Kenyatta who spoke only a day after Jamhuri Day celebrations in Nairobi where he said an all inconclusive  National Conference on Corruption will be held early next year to come up with stringent measures to strengthen the fight against corruption,  says the fight against the vice is  heightened at all cost.

“We have said that all Kenyans should join us in the fight against corruption because corruption is not about individual, Race, tribe, religion,” he says.

He says action will be taken all the corrupt individuals regardless of whom they are within the society.

“If you walk to an area like Kondele in Kisumu and you find a thief who has stolen a hen, do you people first ask him which tribe is he from before you apply the law? President Kenyatta asks.

President Kenyatta says the era of the winner takes it all if one forms a government is long, gone adding that the Government should belong to all Kenyans but not a few individuals.

He adds that Kenyans needs development and this will only happen is all politicians play politics of uniting the country for development across the country.

He says politicians across the political divide should be able to work freely across the country so as to sell their policies not on tribal basis but on issues affecting Kenyans.

Kenyatta says the handshake between him and Opposition Leader Raila  Odinga is there to stay, adding that a number of politicians have supported the initiative fully across the political divide.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga said the fight against corruption in the country is not against any individual.

“The fight against corruption is not about Ruto, Orengo, Joho or anybody else but it is about the menace that has affected the country as a whole,” Raila says.

Raila says those who have engaged in any corrupt activities are in it alone and should not drag the name of their respective communities or families in the matter.

He adds that such persons should carry their own cross since when they got into the public service jobs as individuals, they end up amassing wealth overnight and become stinking rich and when cornered they rush to their ethnic cocoons as a shield for protection.

Wiper Party Boss Kalonzo Musyoka who had earlier spoken at the function said Corruption should be fought at all cost.

“I want to sincerely thank you as the President for your bold step and fight against corruption in the country and such should be heightened,” Kalonzo said.

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