National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has warned politicians against attacking public servants, especially presidential appointees such as DCI George Kinoti.
The assertion of the speaker was also echoed by the Kalenjin Council of Elders which also warned politicians against criticizing President Uhuru Kenyatta's appointees.
“When politicians make scathing attacks on defenseless public servants, it is interpreted to mean they have no respect to the authority that appointed them to such positions,” asserted Muturi.
The message was seemingly directed to DP Ruto and his allies who have come out recently to accuse and criticize DCI Kinoti telling him to keep off investigations of corruption since they fell under the mandate of the EACC.
Ruto’s camp is of the opinion that the DCI is being unfailingly used to destabilize the DP’s 2022 presidential bid on the basis of corruption allegations.
Those at the forefront of attacking the DCI also believe that the move of collaboration between President Uhuru and opposition leader Raila Odinga was achieved at the expense of the Jubilee Party.
Muturi, however, believes that the establishment of the criticism against the high ranking public servant is not only an act of bad faith but also one that puts the country into an electioneering mood way ahead of 2022.
The speaker wondered why the legislators in the country would not raise issues of any grievances they may have in parliament instead of raising their voices at rallies and funerals.
The Kalenjin Council of Elders, on the other hand, observed that attacking the DCI was ill-informed since it did not only imply attacking the presidency but also making the war against graft more difficult.
On Monday, a representative of the elders, Mr Andrew Yatich stated, “The DCI is a government agency which is helping the State to investigate and prosecute corruption cases. The DP's assertion that the DCI is undermining mega Jubilee projects is unfair to the person heading the critical institution."
“The country is searching for a cure for three key things - corruption, the Building Bridges Initiative… and constitutional changes to make sure there is an equitable sharing of resources. It is therefore bad for the DP to launch attacks on the DCI at this time.”
