Uhuru has shown will to fight graft but we must remain alert

President Kenyatta’s State of the Nation address looks very promising and encouraging to Kenyans who had almost thrown in the towel in the much hyped war on official corruption.

The sudden aggressiveness and enthusiasm by the President in fighting the vice is highly welcome but to be quite honest, it is too early to celebrate or congratulate him on that front.

The question patriotic Kenyan are asking is: Where was President Kenyatta when the cancer and scourge of mega corruption threatened the very survival and existence of Kenya as a stable, prosperous and cohesive country?

Nonetheless, it is not too late for the Head of State to salvage his government and legacy.

The war against corruption is a long, painful, tricky and extremely dangerous journey. Subsequently, we are pessimistic whether the sudden enthusiasm to slaying this dragon will be sustained.
The war on graft is and should never be an event but a systematic, meticulous and well calculated long process.

REINSTATED

That corruption in government had become a way of life threatens not only Kenyatta’s presidency but the future of our motherland.

It would be a national disaster of monumental proportion if those senior government officials who have been ordered to step aside were reinstated to their posts.

This has happened before and we should not repeat that mistake. Kenyan’s must be alert and vigilant as President Kenyatta has previously made big promises but were not implemented.

In a nutshell, the process of investigating those asked to step aside MUST never be a public relations exercise. If it will not be transparent, the country might explode into civil war and the ramifications will be too catastrophic to contemplate.

This might be the last chance to really fight corruption in government.

This must be the paradigm shift in the war against massive corruption and Mr Kenyatta’s government has the last chance to redeem its image once and for all.

ENOCK ONSANDO, Mombasa.