Senate majority leader Kithure Kindiki has asked Cord not to play political favourites in the fight against graft.
He said on Monday Cord leader Raila Odinga is vocal whenever someone from Jubilee is mentioned in graft allegations, but silent when those from his camp are mentioned.
The Tharaka Nithi senator said graft is not a Jubilee problem but a Kenyan problem.
Kindiki spoke at Chuka University on the sidelines of a Mt Kenya East political caucus.
He singled out the BAT scandal in which Cord co-principal Moses Wetang’ula (Bungoma senator) was mentioned.
He also cited recent bribery allegations against Supreme Court judge Philip Tunoi, accused of receiving a Sh200 million bribe.
He allegedly was asked to rule in favour of Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero (Cord) in an election petition filed by governor aspirant Ferdinand Waititu (Jubilee).
“We should not support people or criticise people because they belong to our party or they do not belong to our party. The fight against graft should not exclude anyone,” Kindiki said.
“When Kenya was ranked corrupt, it was not Jubilee that was ranked. So we want to call upon our friends in the opposition to provide a similar kind of energy when one of their own is mentioned.”
Kindiki urged Kenyans to support President Uhuru Kenyatta and the government in the war on graft.
“Uhuru instructed that the budget-making process provides adequate resources to institutions supposed to fight graft, including EACC and the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions,” he said.
“He also sacrificed six of his ministers at one go and sent them home merely because there were allegations of corruption against them. There was no case nor anyone proven guilty but they went home to provide good leadership in the fight against graft.”
Kindiki said the NYS scandal should not be politicised, but due process of the law should be followed in the investigations.
