Support president to slay hydra headed dragon of corruption

Ideally, moral courage enables men and women to either accept or resolutely refuse to be induced to do what in the eyes of the world is considered as corruption.

The either side of the above mentioned concept of morality is epitomized by majority of Kenya. Corruption is a cancer that has eaten and continues to eat into every fabric of our socio-economic and political well-being of our society.

This is why President Uhuru Kenyatta should be supported by all and sundry in an effort to slay the hydra-headed dragon of corruption instead of blaming him.

That said, part of president’s mandate is to make appointments in public offices. However, vanity makes some of the president’s appointee’s corruptly desirous of aspiring in the eyes of the world to be rich and revel in luxury leading them to imprudence. This way, they let the president down and Kenyans.

When president relieved off duty five cabinet secretaries, on allegations of corruption it was hailed as the step in the right direction. His action needs to be sustained.

Kenya has become a society whereby those of good will are building a robust economy while others are the way the author of the book “Like Bulging Wall” Robert Borrud said that:-

“We are like two pigs in the story of three little pigs. We have been busy building our houses of sticks and hay – all too complacent that the wolf has gone elsewhere to live”.

Nevertheless, the wolf is in our midst and soon would pounce, tear away our houses built using weaker building materials and hence get to the pigs devour them hungrily and mercilessly.

Moral from the above analogy is that, in as much as hard working Kenyans try to build better Kenya. With good economic prospects, some are destructive; in fact they undermine the structures or frameworks of this progress by ruining it through corrupt means.

In my view, President Kenyatta cannot unilaterally win the war against corruption. As a result, concerted effort is of paramount importance to deal with the nitty-gritty of the of the corruption menace. Therefore, I suggest that various interventionary measures are needed for example; support of credible alternative from opposition, civil society’s input officials with integrity at the EACC, punitive measures on culprits and corporate world, to navigate the narrow path of corruption.

Truth be told, opposition parties are quite justified in pointing fingers at the skeletons in Jubilee’s cupboard. Moreover, need to be founded on moral principle about telling the truth.

The government argues that one chink in opposition’s amour is the nodding acquaintance about the subject of corruption. It goes on to argue its case that, the opposition makes swingeing attacks that draw long bow upon costs incurred by citing inflation in tendering and procurement scandals in National Youth Service, health and Eurobond loss terming it as new-fangled evidence that does not reflect on the ground.

But the opposition hears none of it, maintain pressure on government saying that the government calculations concerning the same do not add up, hence lack credibility.

Generally speaking, corruption comes in different forms such as bribing to be set scot free, to get a service, misappropriation of funds ad infinitum.

Your Excellency the president, on bended knee I request you not to throw in the towel on the national tragedy of corruption. The country needs your stewardship in the multi-pronged approach to realizing zero tolerance.