Establish special jails for corrupt Kenyans, Kitui Senator David Musila tells government

The Government has been challenged to fight graft from the top if it is indeed dedicated in eradicating the vice. Kitui Senator David Musila said the Jubilee administration should take stern action against individuals abetting corruption in public offices. 

Speaking in Eldoret after addressing a meeting of over 400 secondary school heads from Kitui County Musila said corruption has become the biggest threat to national security. 

"If the national and county governments are serious on fighting graft, they should consider ways to establish special jails for those who have taken the country's economy to its deathbed," he said

Musila who is also the Wiper party chairperson said reduction of VIPs security officers should start with the President and his deputy. "The opposition should not only be targets of such oppressive actions by government, we should see President Uhuru's security also being reduced," he added.

Musila said teachers play a critical role in shaping opinions in the region and they should encourage students to seek ID's. "We have constantly failed to make key decisions based on country politics because of our failure to woo our people to register as voters, teachers should assist those who have attained the age of 18 and above because it is their constitutional right," he said. 

He said over 300,000 eligible voters with IDs from the region have not registered as voters. “We have become our own enemies because we do not want to sensitize them towards their right to become voters," he explained. 

The Senator said the county currently faces a shortage of 2050 teachers in secondary schools and called on the government to address the issue. Kenya Secondary School Heads Association national vice chairperson Indimuli Kahi supported the ongoing teacher's job evaluation exercise spearheaded by Teachers Services Commission (TSC) to streamline education sector.

Sources – Standard Media