President William Ruto has ordered the arrest of members of parliament (MPs).
According to the Head of State, there are parliamentarians who received a Ksh10 million bribe to pass the Anti Money Laundering Bill.
Therefore, during the ODM-Kenya Kwanza Parliamentary Group Meeting on Monday, August 18, he ordered their arrest.
Let me ask you, MPs, do you know that a few members of your committee collected Ksh10 million, so that you could pass that law on anti-money laundering? Did you get the money?
There are people who are destroying the credibility of parliament. They are collecting money in the name of the parliament.
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Ruto Sends Warning to MPs
Additionally, the president said that a few of the parliamentarians were receiving bribes at the expense of the rest of the MPs.
Consequently, to ensure that they did not ruin the reputation of the government, he called for their arrest.
According to Ruto, both the individuals who received bribes and those who gave out the cash would b held accountable.
“Most of the time, that money never gets to parliament. It only gets to a few people. We are not going to shame them, we are going to arrest them.
“Whoever is giving or being given will face the law. Because the reality is that there is a problem and we all know that its true. Unless we sort it out, we are going to destroy our nation,” said Ruto.
At the same time, he noted that there were Senators who were using funds meant for development of counties, for personal development and business.
“The Soko Huru in senate. Where does someone find Ksh150 million. That is clearly money that belongs to the county, isn’t that correct,” added Ruto.
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What is in the Anti-Money Laundering Law
Ruto signed the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 into law in June 2025.
The Bill, sponsored by National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah, sought to seal gaps that have enabled money laundering and illicit financial flows through property transactions and the use of shell companies.
The Bill introduced amendments to 10 Acts of Parliament in order to fix technical compliance gaps flagged by the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in relation to anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and the prevention of proliferation financing.
According to the 2024 National Trade Estimate report on Foreign Trade barriers, an assessment by the US Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, many companies have lost business because of corruption from top government officials.
Tai explained that US firms routinely report direct requests for bribes from all levels of the Kenyan Government.
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