EACC commissioner Jane Kerubo Onsongo with commission chairman Mumo
Matemu outside the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi
on November 12, 2013. FILE PHOTO | BILLY MUTAI |
NATION MEDIA GROUP
A member of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission resigned on Tuesday, claiming the agency was incapable of fighting graft.
Prof Jane Kerubo Onsongo’s claims raise questions on the latest purge on corruption.
Sources
said Prof Onsongo resigned moments after attending a meeting with the
commission’s chairman, Mr Mumo Matemu, and vice-chairperson Irene Keino.
The Nation has learnt that recent incidents concerning the purge were discussed.
Sources also indicated that commissioners were under pressure to resign.
The
commissioner said she had resigned because of boardroom wars pitting Mr
Matemu against Chief Executive Officer Halakhe Waqo, which had resulted
in a split in the anti-graft agency.
She said this had made it difficult for her to effectively execute her mandate as a commissioner.
DIVIDED
Earlier,
there were reports that the commission was divided over the list
presented to Parliament by President Uhuru Kenyatta last Thursday.
Prominent personalities in politics and government were named as
corruption suspects.
Some members of the commission are said to have disowned the list that President Kenyatta handed over to Parliament.
It
is not yet clear what position Prof Onsongo took but sources said there
were arguments that the only report the commission had presented to
Parliament was through the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee.
Prof Onsongo was appointed on 11 May 11, 2012, and sworn into office on September, 22 2012.
She
was previously the deputy director of research at the Catholic
University of Eastern Africa. Earlier, she served at the same
institution as the head of Undergraduate Studies in Education.
She
holds a PhD in Higher and Further Education and an MA in Women and
Higher Education Management from the University of London. She obtained
her M.Ed in Education Communication and Technology and a BEd in History
and Religious Education from Kenyatta University.
National Assembly Minority Whip Jakoyo Midiwo commended her resignation.
“The
commissioners have not performed well. We must push for an end to the
contradictions between the commissioners and the executive management
team,” he said in a telephone interview.
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