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Thursday, January 20, 2011

NAIROBI: FIGHT AGAINST GRAFT,I AM NO WITCH-HUNTER SAYS,LUMUMBA


The Kenya Anti Corruption Commission Director PLO Lumumba     


The Kenya Anti Corruption Commission Director PLO Lumumba has put politicians complaining over his war against corruption as biased on the task of proving their allegations."I now hear that i am witch-hunting,i am not a witch hunter because there are no witches.I am only doing investigations."said Lumumba who said that there are no small and big fish and that there are only small fish and small sharks which grow to become dangerous..Lumumba was speaking at a public forum organised by tghe Centre for Multi-party Democaracy.Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission Director PLO Lumumba
Some ODM Members of Parliament has accused the KACC boss of targeting its members after he netted down its party chairman Henry Kosgey who stepoped down as Industrialization Minister on more than ten counts of corruption and abuse of office.the party (ODM) has gone a notch higher to threatening to disband the agency.In a sharp rejoinder,Lumumba said he has read the Act that established the Anti-graft body and that no one is exempted from his agency's investigations.
He also urged Kenyans to know what they are and what they believe in besides being educated on governance and corruption.Lumumba also requested foreign governments to join hands with Kenya inorder to recover the money stashed abroad.The forum was also attended by former Transparency International Chairman Peter Elgen who said that impunity and corruption will suffer a deadly blow from the International Crimainal Court.
The forum intended to sensitize the public on governance and corruption.

Kelvin Mwangi,
Nairobi.

1 comment:

  1. Mr. Lumumba seems to be doing a fine job. I hope he will see it through so that we have a better Kenya free from graft.

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