President Uhuru Kenyatta has been warned against taking Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen's offer to help him formulate laws that will aid in the fresh vetting of government procurement and accounting officers.
Following the President's order that all procurement officers in government agencies step aside to facilitate the ongoing investigations, the Senate Majority Leader noted that he is willing to help Uhuru achieve his plan.
Posting on his Twitter page, Murkomen mentioned: "We are ready to help the President enact a legal framework that will achieve his vision to vet afresh procurement officers while respecting the Constitutional principles governing Public Service in Chap.13 of the Constitution.
"The Attorney General should quickly come up with the draft law," Murkomen added.
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However, in response, Kenyans were quick to dismiss Murkomen's sentiments claiming that the Senator like other politicians are only acting out yet they should have formulated laws to nub the perpetrators before all these graft cases were unearthed.
One Chrispus Wachira directed: "So now politicians have taken over the fight against the theft of public resources?? Don't you people have a calendar of events on a priority basis? If you were genuine about this war, we'd have heard from you a long time ago."
Another one alleged that politicians cannot solve the problem that they created.
Additionally, others called on the Head of State to not only go after the accountants but also the senior government officials in the various ministries.
"We need to see the big fish netted too, all these colossal amounts were not just stolen by the procurement and accounting officers but the top government officials. Let us not be fooled. Go for the big fish and insist on recovering all the cash," Ann Lorna affirmed.
Another user also questioned: "We have so many legislations, why do we need to enact more?"
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