Political Analyst Mutahi Ngunyi has asked Deputy President William Ruto to readily surrender any controversial land and property he owns in the war against corruption.
Through The 5th Estate talk show, Mutahi indicated that Ruto should not resist the possible onslaught on any illegal property including the controversial Weston Hotel to secure his 2022 presidential ambitions.
"The cost of losing a few buildings without a fight is nothing compared to the price of becoming the president," Mutahi stated.
[caption caption="Weston Hotel along Lang'ata Road, Nairobi"]
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While opining that Ruto might be a man targetted by the State, Mutahi indicated that the DP nevertheless should not put up a fight to resist but instead yield to the aggression as a long-term winning strategy.
"Ruto should not interrupt the State aggression towards him. A man who says we can't fix corruption in this country should not interrupt the man fixing corruption," he added.
Mutahi, however, raised concern about possible contradictions in the war against corruption warning that fewer results may be achieved in rooting graft compared to the level of aggression.
"If there is a war on corruption, the drums of war have become louder than the war itself. The dramatic arrests and the demolitions have become louder than the merit of the cases presented in court," the Political Analyst faulted the approach.
Alongside the scholars from the Fort Hall School of Government, Mutahi also cautioned that the war on corruption may fail if it is not anchored on fundamental principles.
Speaking on the ongoing demolitions of buildings standing on riparian land, the analyst noted: "Uhuru is demolishing but not building. He is casting out demons but not filling the empty souls with positive things".
[caption caption="Southend Mall which is among the properties demolished in Nairobi"]
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By juxtaposing the ongoing demolitions with what was witnessed during President Mwai Kibaki's regime during the expansion of Thika Super Highway, he highlighted that the war on corruption and reclamation of riparian land should be objective.
"If good things do not fill the demolished spaces, the demons of corruption will bring seven more wicked demons and the country will be worse than when we had only one demon," Mutahi drew the conclusion from a biblical teaching.
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