Perpetrators of corruption have been warned that all laws will be used to root out the crime.
The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) will use the Anti-Money Laundering Act, among other laws, to ensure that corrupt individuals are arrested, according to its newly-appointed director, Dr Patrick Lumumba.
“We will collaborate with the Efficiency Monitoring Unit, the Kenya Revenue Authority, the Attorney-General’s office and other government agencies in the fight against graft,” Dr Lumumba, who was speaking for the first time since President Kibaki announced his appointment in a Kenya Gazette notice last Friday, said at the weekend.
The KACC boss was addressing parents and teachers at Mombasa’s Loreto Convent Primary School during its prize giving ceremony.
His predecessor, retired Court of Appeal judge Aaron Ringera, resigned last September under pressure after Parliament declared his re-appointment by President Kibaki illegal.
Referring to perpetrators of corruption as wezi sugu (seasoned thieves) who reaped where they did not sow, Dr Lumumba said such people had tainted the image of the country and it was time to put Kenya on the right course.
He lamented that corruption had permeated all sectors of the economy, including education, where teachers and even parents bought examination papers for their children.
“Kenyans should not expect that corruption will be fought only by KACC ... they have to say ‘No’ to corruption. The fight against corruption should also be taken to a regional level.”
Dr Lumumba asked Kenyans to pass the proposed constitution saying it provided a good opportunity of fighting corruption.
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