Ruto Exposes How MPs and Senators Are Blackmailing Him

President William Ruto has revealed that some Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators are taking bribes to influence decisions in the National Assembly and Senate.

Speaking during the opening of the Devolution Conference in Homa Bay on Wednesday, August 13, Ruto said lawmakers in parliamentary committees are demanding bribes from the Executive, Cabinet Secretaries, people working withing the executive and Governors to sway decisions in their favor.

Ruto was responding to sentiments made by Senate Speaker Amason Kingi, who had called for governors and their county governments to be held to account over their dealings.

“While I agree with the sentiments expressed by the Speaker of the Senate, and he has made a solid statement on holding governors and county governments to account, the Legislature must also be held to accoun because there is something going on in our legislature that we must call out,” Ruto stated.

“There is money being demanded from the executive, governors, and Cabinet Secretaries, especially those who go for accountability before our houses of Parliament. It cannot continue to be business as usual.”

Ruto Exposes How MPs and Senators Are Blackmailing Him

Ruto cautioned that it is not possible that committees of Parliament want to be bribed or demand to be paid for them to write reports or to look the other way in what  is happening in  either County government or national government.

“All of us must act together. The fight against corruption must be an engagement for all of society. I also want to urge the Judiciary not to be a haven for the corrupt to hide behind judicial decisions,” Ruto stated.

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President Ruto said that people who steal public funds often move to court, obtain anticipatory bail, and make it nearly impossible to be arrested or prosecuted. He questioned how this process helps in the fight against corruption.

“We have innovation that is only available in Kenya that allows the corrupt person or a somebody who steal public resources not to be prosecuted, the anticipatory bill. It is a Kenyans innovation but takes us backwards,” he added.

“This is a matter the Judiciary will help us answer because we are undertaking transformation in Kenya, but it is undermined by corruption.”

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The Head of State mentioned that the greatest challenge is not the inadequacy of resources, but how they are utilized.

He posed critical questions on the allocation and efficiency of public resources. “Are they being directed to the right purposes? Are they being deployed efficiently? How much is lost to waste and corruption? Ruto posed.

Ruto Demands Action to Curb Corruption and Seal Leakages

Ruto urged concrete measures to seal leakages, curb misuse, and enhance efficiency, stressing that these issues must be confronted with candour, courage, and urgency.

At the same time, the President said that signing the Conflict of Interest Bill into law will help in the fight against corruption.

“I do expect  that Agencies charged with making sure that there is accountability at all levels of government take up their role as efficiently, effectively with accountability as the constitution mandates them,” he added.

“I have made it clear to the chair of EACC that there will be no sacred cows. There will be no telephone call from anywhere below or above to stop anybody from being prosecuted for matters of corruption.”

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