Ruto to commence criminal investigation on Uhuru Kenyatta if he takes over power
Ruto to commence criminal investigation on President Uhuru Kenyatta if he takes over power after the August polls.
Deputy President William Ruto has hinted at commencing criminal investigations on President Uhuru Kenyatta.
In his Kenya Kwanza manifesto launched on 30, June, Ruto pledged to form a judicial team to investigate the actions and policies of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration.
The judicial team will make an inquiry into what he called state capture, forced disappearances, and violation of human rights.
Ruto in his manifesto also vowed to create eight tribunals, task forces, and review panels to reverse Uhuru Kenyatta’s policies.
Under the ‘Ending State Capture’ sub-topic, Ruto promises to establish, “within 30 days, a quasi-judicial public inquiry to establish the extent of cronyism and state capture in the nation and make recommendations”.
“We have known for at least four decades that our economic model is fatally flawed. The question is why we have stayed on this path, why the government did not heed its own clarion call to restructure the economy, and why we would choose to manufacture guns rather than garments. The answer is the convergence of political and economic power,” the Kenya Kwanza manifesto states.
And to add weight to the matter, Ruto’s allies have expounded on the proposals.
They have accused the President of using state policies in his favour, which the commission will investigate if they win power.
Kiharu MP Ndidi Nyoro said the sectors of the economy are currently being controlled by a few powerful families, hence the reason for the proposals of an inquiry.
“State capture has strangled our economy. The problem is that the President and his allies have over the last 10 years made policies and decisions to benefit his enterprise. Just like the Guptas in South Africa, everything has been choreographed to benefit the private businesses of those in power,” says Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro.
“The kind of greed we have witnessed in the last seven years is unprecedented. It has dwarfed the stealing of Mau Mau land after Independence.”
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