EACC included some ‘clean’ individuals in graft list, claims Pokot South MP David Pkosing

Pokot South MP David Pkosing. He has claimed top EACC officials included some people in the list presented to the House by President Uhuru Kenyatta so as to be seen to be working. PHOTO | ELVIS OGINA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • Pokot South MP David Pkosing claimed top EACC officials included some people in the list presented to the House by President Uhuru Kenyatta so as to be seen to be working.
  • Mr Pkosing who is a member of the Pokot Council of MPs singled out Water Principal Secretary James Seko Lopeyetum as among individuals who had fallen victim to supremacy wars at EACC.
  • He said Mr Teko's inclusion in the graft list could also be as a result of cartels in the ministry fighting back due to measures the PS had put in place to curb corruption.
  • Mr Pkosing however welcomed President Kenyatta's efforts to fight corruption and urged Kenyans to support him.

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has been accused of using supremacy wars facing it to 'sacrifice' some clean individuals by including them in a list of shame presented to Parliament.

Pokot South MP David Pkosing claimed top EACC officials included some people in the list presented to the House by President Uhuru Kenyatta so as to be seen to be working.

"The officials are using their supremacy wars to tarnish people's reputation. EACC did a shoddy job," Mr Pkosing said.

Speaking to the Nation from Vietnam where Senate Speaker Ekwee Ethuro is leading a delegation of MPs to an Inter-Parliamentary Union conference, Mr Pkosing said: "Everyone at EACC wants to be seen to be working and at the end (they) sacrifice people's names.

"The EACC officials are fighting among themselves," he said by phone.

VICTIM OF SUPREMACY WARS

Mr Pkosing who is a member of the Pokot Council of MPs singled out Water Principal Secretary James Seko Lopeyetum as among individuals who had fallen victim to supremacy wars at EACC.

"As far as I am concerned as an individual, I know Seko as a God fearing person. He cannot be involved in graft and it is wrong for his name to be included in the list," Mr Pkosing said.

The MP said Mr Seko who hails from West Pokot served diligently at Central Bank of Kenya for more than 30 years "where there was money but he never stole anything."

"He has only been at the Department of Water for two years. No corruption has been cited in the ministry since he took over. In fact, it is during his tenure that tenders for construction of dams started to be advertised," Mr Pkosing said.

He added: "It is during Mr Teko's tenure that West Pokot residents for the first time since independence saw a dam being constructed in the area by the government."

He said Mr Teko's inclusion in the graft list could also be as a result of cartels in the ministry fighting back due to measures the PS had put in place to curb corruption.

Mr Pkosing however welcomed President Kenyatta's efforts to fight corruption and urged Kenyans to support him.