Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka came to the defense of embattled Azimio principals who are staring at arrest and prosecution over multimillion corruption cases.
Speaking in Mumias, Kakamega
County, Kalonzo defended former governors Mwangi wa Iria (Murang’a) and
Wycliffe Oparanya (Kakamega) after the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission
(EACC) together with the Office of Director of Public Prosecution
(ODPP) recommended charges against the Azimio principals.
This comes even as it appears
Raila Odinga has abandoned them, ostensibly to focus on his bid for the African
Union Commission (AUC) chairperson position.
Kalonzo spoke a day after Mwangi
wa Iria was accused of a conflict of interest while awarding a Ksh140 million
publicity tender during his time as Murang'a Governor.
“We shall stand with our brother
Mwangi Wa Iria come rain come sunshine. You cannot weaponize the war against
corruption,” Kalonzo stated.
The former Vice President
remarked that the current administration was using investigative constitutional
offices to clamp down on the opposition.
In his view, ODPP and EACC
should also investigate government officials if they are serious about dealing
with corruption.
“The real criminals and corrupt
people are known and are out there. Go for them,” he remarked.
Kalonzo added that it was
bizarre to see Mwangi wa Iria being prosecuted while there were people with
criminal cases serving in the current administration.
Further, he lamented that the
government was shaming opposition leaders, citing a time when Oparanya was
publicly arrested with his wife.
Raila has been conspicuously
missing from Azimio pressers which have been calling for agitation against different
policies and directives instituted by the government.
Last week, Kalonzo and other
Azimio principals convened a presser where they threatened to join doctors in
their strike if President William Ruto did not solve the impasse.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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