“My position which I have articulated is that in the context of transitional justice it is time for us to talk about drawing a line between past corruptions because I don’t think we are going to be able to actually allow our institutions to fight corruption if we keep sort of having this vicious cycle of weaponizing corruption for politics,” said Ndii.
He called for the graft amnesty to be extended to all, including the Deputy President.
“I am for an amnesty on past corruption on everyone including Ruto and everybody. If we can agree on that then we can talk about the potential for cooperating on elections,” he said.
WHY and How Lady Justice Martha Koome beat Fred Ngatia SC to be nominated Chief Justice of Kenya
Lady Justice Martha Koome Karambu has been tipped to be the next Chief Justice of Kenya, highly placed sources based at State House have revealed.
Koome, who has more than thirty years of experience in legal practice, and was born Kithiu Village in Miragamieru in Meru County, edged out Senior Consel Fred Ngatia who was a favourite candidate of the system.
Kenya News Day reliably learnt that Justice Koome, who is an Appeals Court Judge and an acclaimed expert in family law, emerged as favourite to replace retired Chief Justice David Maraga after winning endorsement of powerful stake holders with close links to President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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The main gate of Weston Hotel along Lang ata road, on February 26, 2021. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard].
Deputy President William Ruto has lost the first round of a court battle filed by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) on the land where his Weston Hotel stands.
In June last year, Weston urged Justice Benard Eboso to dismiss KCAA’s case arguing that the Environment and Lands Court had no powers to hear it.
The hotel said KCAA had defied National Lands Commission’s (NLC) orders to conclude negotiations on the land after which Dr Ruto would compensate it. Weston argued that the only way the agency would approach the court was through an appeal and not a fresh case.
But when they are successful, please do not end up calling them thieves.”
This is the second time in less than a week the DP is bringing up the ‘rich versus thieves’ debate in public.
He also touched on the subject during the burial of former Minister Simeon Nyachae.
His sentiments come days after President Uhuru Kenyatta claimed, without mentioning names, that he intends to retire at the end of his term in 2022 but was keen not to hand over the country to thieves.
The President and his Deputy appeared to have fallen out at a political level with the Head of State also daring his principal assistant to resign instead of publicly criticizing the government he serves in.