Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta. He has vowed that some $80 million
stolen from the National Youth Service in the country's latest
corruption scandal would be recovered. PHOTO FILE | SIMON MAINA | AFP
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked all government officials implicated in graft to carry their own cross.
A
visibly angry President Kenyatta, who has reportedly been getting
frequent updates on the ongoing investigations into various financial
scandals that have rocked the country in recent days, said that he will
not allow corrupt government officials to sabotage his ‘Big Four’
agenda.
He said the government will spare no efforts to recover all resources stolen from Kenyans through corruption schemes.
"These
people who are corrupt should be jailed and we recover all the stolen
funds to deliver on the things we promised Kenyans," Mr Kenyatta said
when he launched the issuance of title deeds for residents in the
capital Nairobi, on Wednesday.
He said all resources and monies recovered will redirected to the original development purposes they were intended for.
Tribal sentiments
The Head of State cautioned Kenyans to stop
using tribal sentiments to defend individuals caught in the web of
corruption. He said all corrupt Kenyans must be identified as
individuals irrespective of the tribes they came from
“I
do not want to hear anybody defending those caught in corrupt dealings.
A thief is a thief irrespective of the tribe he/she comes from,” said
the President.
President Kenyatta
defended the historic handshake with opposition leader Raila Odinga in
March saying he had a right to talk with every Kenyan including the
opposition leader.
The President said
his main concern is about the unity of all Kenyans adding that the
country cannot progress without unity and peace.
“Raila
is a Kenyan. I have a right to talk to everybody. My aim and that of my
Deputy (William Ruto) is to unite all Kenyans,” he said.
The
President said while he respects all Kenyans , he will not be bothered
by those opposed and talking against the unity deal with Mr Odinga .
He
asked Kenyans to stop pre-occupying themselves with unproductive
politics and concentrate on peaceful co-existence and harmony.
Additional reporting by PSCU
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