The orders that were given out by Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery regarding the arrest of John Ngirashu, a Nation Media reporter, shows dictatorship and impunity of the highest level. As I can vividly recall Nkaissery taking the oath, Kenyans were ambitious and determined to experience rejuvenated work power as contradicted to what was earlier experienced during the tenure of Ole Lenku. No sooner had we witnessed subsiding of the terror activities and enhanced security, than a new tyranny format emerged, now with the full force propped by the government itself.
The Ministry of Interior Security has left a permanent mark upon the minds of Kenyans. It has deleted the confidence we had on it. Media personnel in Kenya have been deemed to be endangered species. It is just the other day that the parliament endorsed a bill that limited the freedom of media from unveiling the rot in their deeds. Quite fortunate, the president was overwhelmed and favored the country from unscrupulous MPs. As we know, the only way we can uphold national transparency is the media.
Corruption has been the order of the day in Kenya. Nkaissery’s actions have come at a critical moment when Kenyans are lamenting about the mysterious procurement quotations and disappearance of hefty amount of money in the devolution ministry. Taking a look at these two vital ministries, even the blind can see the moral decadence of our leaders by embezzling funds and assuming that nothing has taken place. Kenya is crying from the monster attack of corruption. In addition, the actions are excavated when the country has claimed that there are inadequate resources to facilitate major projects and also to pay public servants.
Indeed, stringent measures need to be taken by the captains of the country before the worse befalls us. We need to come together as Kenyans and scold the leaders who carry out work in their offices for individual gain and forget that taxpayers are their bosses.
