On Wednesday night, Siaya Senator, James Orengo, sent a stern warning to President Uhuru Kenyatta over the backlog of corruption cases in court.
Speaking on KTN News PointBlank, Orengo told the host, Tony Gachoka, that time was against Uhuru's fight on corruption.
"President Uhuru Kenyatta has only 3 years in office, I doubt if the number of cases which are now before the court will be completed by the time he leaves the office. He needs to act very fast. He may need to absorb more people into the Judiciary to help solve the issue," Orengo alerted.
The ODM leader further asked the government to quickly respond to the status of Kenya's economy, considering that arrest of CS Henry Rotich and the immediate changes in the Treasury ministry may affect the economy. On Wednesday, Ukur Yatani was appointed acting Treasury CS.
"The Treasury is the nerve centre of every activity that takes place in the nation. The government should make a statement that Henry Rotich’s arrest/trial will not affect the stock markets," Orengo advised.
Orengo then launched an attack on DP William Ruto and Senate Majority leader, Kipchumba Murkomen, accusing them of being relentless on corruption matters. He blasted the DP for accusing the DCI of bias and poor investigations into the Kimwarer and Arror dams scandal.
"The deputy president should not be speaking from the sidelines, he should be seen to be supporting those institutions dealing with corruption. The war on corruption is one of the things that made it possible for Raila Odinga and Uhuru to have the handshake.
"Regarding Kipchumba Murkomen, I would not want to see a situation where the government spokesperson in an arm of government goes ahead to willingly rubbish the work that government institutions are doing," Orengo lamented.
On Monday, Murkomen rushed to the DCI headquarters shortly after the arrest of suspects implicated in the dams scandal, among them former Treasury CS, Henry Rotich.
The senator expressed his thoughts on the investigation and was confident that matter would collapse. Murkomen further defended the ex-CS in court, managing to convince the judge to release him on a Ksh 50 million bond.
