Oginde warns corruption networks against finding loopholes in new plan

EACC boss said it was time country became corruption free to enhance peaceful relations

In Summary

• Oginde said they are aware that these networks will ensure to read and understand the plan so as to find loopholes in favour of their ways.

• He however said they have ensured that the plan does not give away all the strategies that EACC will take to make Kenya a corruption free country.

EACC chairperson Bishop David Oginde during the launch of the Commission's five-year Strategic Plan at KICC on September 26, 2023.
EACC chairperson Bishop David Oginde during the launch of the Commission's five-year Strategic Plan at KICC on September 26, 2023.
Image: LEAH MUKANGAI

EACC Chairperson Bishop David Oginde has warned the corruption networks against trying to find loopholes in the Commission's five-year Strategic Plan.

Speaking on Tuesday during the plan's launch, Oginde said they are aware that these networks will ensure to read and understand the plan so as to find loopholes in favour of their ways.

He however said they have ensured that the plan does not give away all the strategies that EACC will take to make Kenya a corruption free country.

"We are aware that as soon as we launch this Strategic Plan, the corruption networks are going it carefully, find ways and means of circumventing it. Let me tell you, we have not put everything there," he said.

Oginde said the Commission will continue to update the strategic plan, which he termed as a living document, so as to outmanoeuvre the networks.

"....and so we will catch you," he added calling onto the individuals and groups that are advancing graft in the country to desist from the same.

"In this regard therefore, it might be wiser for you to heed the call of the now famous advice of our president, 'mambo ni matatu', you know what they all stand for."

Oginde said it was time the country became corruption free to enhance peaceful relations among all viruses regardless of their administrative or wealth status.

He said EACC is committed to making Kenya a peaceful country, where businesses can be transacted without any graft cases.

He added that there was a need for trust in the undertaking of daily businesses, saying this was a norm in the times when corruption was not highly exalted in the country.

Oginde said they will go after the 'small fish' in corruption, likening them to a type of fish called Piranhas.

He explained how the small fish was capable of consuming a large chunk of meat in a short time, despite it's size.

"We are going for those people who are sometimes considered as small fish. Once upon a time, I went and I saw these small fish the Piranhas. They had this big tank where they had a few Piranhas. You'd drop a piece of meat - one kilo, two kilos - it doesn't get to the bottom of the tank," he explained.

"It is finished within a few seconds. Small fish are dangerous. Sow when you see us going for small fish, know that those people are dangerous. They are like the Piranhas. They eat our resources in small pieces but it adds to a lot of volume."


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