We have had enough scandals in
Kenya and for sure we expected the new regime to have picked lessons from the
past to protect the tax payers’ hard earned cash and utilize them efficiently
for the betterment of the wananchi. Kenyans have lost billions of shillings in Golden berg,
Anglo-leasing, Grand Regency, and Maize Scandal. Monies that could have taken
this country to greater heights of developments and elevated us from the list
of 3rd world countries.
Are we such selfish and mean to an extent of grabbing sh. 5 billion and sh. 400 billion of tax payers’ money without blinking? Do our leaders really have the interest of people at heart? Do they really have empathy for the economically challenged and the hunger stricken Kenyans in the Northern parts of the country? Does the high unemployment rates ring a bell to any of our leaders? This country is rocked with many problems. Problems that could have been history if only our leaders are held accountable for their actions. The amount that this country have lost in scandals is enough to build Referral hospitals in every county, fully equipped schools and superhighways in every county. These are job openings for thousands of idling youths.
Are we such selfish and mean to an extent of grabbing sh. 5 billion and sh. 400 billion of tax payers’ money without blinking? Do our leaders really have the interest of people at heart? Do they really have empathy for the economically challenged and the hunger stricken Kenyans in the Northern parts of the country? Does the high unemployment rates ring a bell to any of our leaders? This country is rocked with many problems. Problems that could have been history if only our leaders are held accountable for their actions. The amount that this country have lost in scandals is enough to build Referral hospitals in every county, fully equipped schools and superhighways in every county. These are job openings for thousands of idling youths.
We always go for elections with
hopes of bringing sanity to our rotten systems. We always look for an era that
will solve the problems of unemployment, better health services, security and
infrastructure. This partly explain why the youths decided to rally behind the
digital government. They were tired of aged presidents that didn’t take their
issues seriously. The jubilee government
should not therefore fade our hopes and dampen our spirit in just few months from
election by engineering corruptions and ignoring the plights of Kenyan.
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The NSSF sh. 5 billion project
and the standard railway gauge project that may end up being the biggest
scandal in Kenyans History may have come at an early stage to the Jubilee
government. If cash of that magnitude can be lost in a span less than a year,
then I question the ability of this government to fight corruption and fulfill
its promises to the people of Kenya. As billions is lost in tenders, the
government is claiming to have no money to pay teachers allowances and hire
more to schools that are overwhelmed with pupils. The same government is
intending to lay off thousands of civil servants in a bid to curb the high wage
bill. This is already an egg to the face
of the president and his digital counter parts.
Kenya is tired of whistle blowers.
We need action. There’s urgent need to overhaul the entire leadership in NSSF
house and board members sacked and taken to court. Labour secretary Kazungu
Kambi and Cotu secretary general Francis Atwoli should not be exceptions as
they have failed Kenyans. The standard railway gauge should also be stopped and
the process started afresh. This is indeed a bad start for the year 2014. Time
for verbal promises is long gone. Mr. Tobiko should begin this year by allowing
the prosecution of the CBK boss over the sh. 1.2 billion security tender to set
pace for the country.
By Reagan Nyadimo
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