President William Ruto's new stance against corruption has been met with cautious optimism as critics question the sincerity of the strong words in contrast to fewer convictions from numerous graft cases.
Speaking on Spice FM on Tuesday, August 19, political analyst and advocate Martin Oloo opined that President Ruto may be looking to run on an anti-corruption platform in 2027 thus his sentiments were politically motivated. "This government never campaigned on a promise of zero tolerance to corruption, do they want to make it a theme for 2027?
Absolutely Yes," said Oloo. "This is one thing that has destroyed their image.
So, how to correct that is by fighting both people you know and those imaginary ones, so that you are seen as a champion against corruption.'' Yesterday, during the first Kenya-Kwanza and ODM joint parliamentary group meeting, President William Ruto and Raila Odinga boldly spoke against corruption including bribery claims involving the members of parliament, earning Odinga jeers from the lawmakers.
