Maina Kiai Quotes (12 Quotes)

The tens of billions of shillings stolen from this country would make a dramatic difference to the humanitarian situation facing Kenya today.

In order to maintain the integrity of the investigation, those implicated should step aside while the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) investigates the allegations against them.

If this had happened in 2004 when the Anglo-Leasing scam was first exposed, or in November 2005 when the president reconstituted cabinet, the sense of optimism and confidence that the government is genuine about fighting graft would have prevailed.

The problem we have in Kenya - which is not a new problem - is that of impunity. People are rarely held accountable for their actions, enabling grand corruption to persist.

What we are seeing now is simply a continuation of the culture of entitlement that engulfs politics here. Leaders simply don't understand they are supposed to serve the people.

The Head of the Civil Service should stop the use of private plates because ministers and other Government officials use the privilege to cover up abuse.

There has been a complete lack of political will, a total lack of commitment on the part of the government to uproot graft in this country. The people who were implicated in major corruption scandals are still key personalities in high-level civil service. Nothing is new. These people are still in office. They have not been touched.

What struck me after reading the report is how fast this country is returning to the single party era in the Moi regime.

The removal of this office is a strong statement about the government's lack of commitment to fight graft in Kenya.

The part that's annoying is that they've come in on a platform of change, but they have shown the same extravagance, the same disrespect of the people as the previous regime.

It's been about ethnicity and political payback, not the constitution.

Unfortunately this has come after a lot of public pressure. It's a pity it's taken too long to happen.