@ Alba,

The reason I asked you about the powers is because Kenyans mistakenly think that since the buck lies with the president as you put it he should also be the one fighting corruption and all other evils single handedly. If you watched/read obamas speech at Kasarani he is on record saying that it is upto the people of Kenya as a whole. Corruption has become a culture and no single person not even any president can stop the mess we are in. It will take all the people to get tired and say no. So far I see Mps being the greatest hindrance to fighting corruption with their shenanigans with EACC. Judiciary is independent, kindly give facts on how it is not.
We have a great constitution and as it is, the president can only but follow it. Like Obama said you cant please everyone all the time. Pessimism from Kenyans actually gives corruption room to thrive.

The argument that the president is solely to blame and that citizens have no responsibility doesn't make sense.It belongs to the old school of thought that the president is to blame for everything including when you get an Erectile Dysfunction.The days when the president was mwalimu no1,mkulima no1,daktari no 1 etc.Kenya now has a progressive constitution which created structures that have rights and responsibilities.Most of the power for the president was now shared with different organs and they need to play their part.
Citizens also need to refrain from corrupt practices.When you get arrested for overspeeding on thika highway how should the president stop you from giving the traffic cop 1000 bob bribe?When you want your passport within a day and you give Mawinder 10000 bob to expediate the process,how will the president stop you from your corrupt practices?
Fighting corruption is a collective effort.Kumaliza ufisadi unaanza na wewe.
Where do the leaders who are elected come from?They are elected by the society and therefore are a reflection of that society.The leaders are accountable to the people.That is why we pay taxes.They are our servants.
The Kibaki government did well by having a vision for this country.Vision 2030 is a wonderful strategic goal-Making kenya a middle income society by 2030.Most kenyans either are not aware of this vision or do not believe in this vision.What we need it do deal with anything that goes against this vision.The strategy has three main levels:Corporate,Business and functional levels.The corporate level is the executive,legislature and Judiciary,Business level is the ministries and government departments and functional level is the mwananchi.The three levels must work together seamlessly.
The auditor general has done his part in pointing out the areas of corruption.The police needs to move swiftly and investigate and gather evidence of the corruption.The DPP must then charge the culprits in the courts and based on the evidence the culprits must be convicted.This will act as a deterrent measure.All these organs of the government must work together.Chapter 6 of our constitution must be implemented in full.The people must stop whining on facebook,twitter and wazua.They need to go to the streets and demonstrate peacefully and say enough is enough.This spirit must also be exercised during the voting process.Change begins with me.

Talking of education,i love the changes that have been proposed by the ministry of education.All KASNEB students must undertake an ethics and governance course.Most of the MBA courses now have a unit on ethics and governance and this will be pushed to the undergraduate level.There is also a proposal to start this course at high school level.The Kenya school of government is also putting together a course on ethics and government and all government employees must go through this course.This awareness is steps in the right direction.Churches should also play a role and encourage their congregations to be honest and shun corruption.

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Witch hunt? Watu wafanye kazi professionally!

You and others keep creating this strawman argument. No one has said that a president is solely responsible. But the president must take responsibility to address the most pressing issue facing a country. If a president is not primarily responsible for addressing the most important issues then why a elect a president? Is he a ceremonial president In Nigeria, the biggest issue was security vis a vis Boko Haram. President Jonathan failed miserably. Nigerians voted him out without regard to tribe. Unlike Kenyans, Nigerians do not vote on tribal basis. That’s why they will continue to progress faster.



Citizens will never stop corrupt practices unless there is a deterrent. This has never happened in any country. Its up to the president to put those deterrents in place. I have outlined above how he should fire corrupt public officials, protect activists like Boniface mwangi, tell his MPs to stop harassing anti corruption officials etc etc. This is called leadership



That’s exactly my point. We must start by voting on issues like corruption, crime and safety. Stop making excuses for the president just because he is from your ethnic group. The president bears most but not all the responsibility for addressing critical issues. Next time you go to vote , take off your tribal hat and vote issues. If you do not do that then such issues will never be addressed. And for petes sake stop making excuses for him just because he is from your ethnic group.



Vision 2030 was just mdomo mdomo. Kibaki did nothing to address corruption. His henchmen threatened John Githongo until he had to flee for his life. The Kibaki cabinet was rife with one corruption scandal after the next. He never addressed corruption within his cabinet. When cabinet ministers get away with corruption, then everyone else feels that they must also steal.
Though Kibaki did not address corruption within his cabinet, people supported him. Thats why tribalism is Kenya's biggest cancer.



Why do you think no bigwigs are ever charged? Because some of them are protected by the president. Why is it that under kibaki, cabinet ministers like murungaru were embroiled in multiple corruption scandals and nothing ever happened? Why was’nt the maize scandal ever fully investigated? I blame Kibaki for all that. He can direct the proper authorities to investigate and leave no stone unturned.

I specifically remember 2003 when the roads minister directed that all buildings built on road reserves be demolished. This is the correct thing to do. Kibaki rescinded that plan. So if you are suffering from traffic congestion today, you can blame Kibaki and Uhuru.



The people will never demonstrate in the street because they are tribal. They will support the government in power so long as one of their own is president.