The President of the National Community Based Organization Council (NCBO), Tom Aosa, asserted that cartels must be eliminated from parastatals, government ministries, and departments to win the fight against corruption.
Mr. Aosa claimed that most ministries, including the Ministry of Health that houses the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA), have many cartels who constantly plan on siphoning public funds.
In one of his past press conferences, Health Cabinet Secretary, Mutahi Kagwe, said that the Ministry of Health has cartels frustrating reforms. The CS vowed to take action in such cases.
Speaking at a news conference at Serena Hotel on Tuesday, Mr. Aosa said, “There is no way the government will win this war without identifying these cartels. These cartels are the ones frustrating government efforts to fight corruption.”
He said every time Cabinet Secretaries are appointed to ministries, they vow to eliminate corruption yet no concrete action ever taken.
The NCBO president criticized cabinet secretaries for failing to take concrete action even after vowing to follow the necessary measures to eliminate corruption.
“We have hard hitting statements from Ministers as soon as they are appointed but the situation remains the same until they leave and this is blamed on deep-rooted cartels," he said.
Currently, investigations in various government departments and ministries are underway.
Aosa also faulted the National Assembly, the Senate and the Jubilee government by claiming that the entities have made no effort to develop stringent laws to be faced by cartels.
He added, “We reiterated that public service is a sacred vocation and not an opportunity to reap where one has not sown. We must remove corrupt deals as the incentive for public office. We are going to propose a Bill that will ensure that in 2022, we will not get leaders who seek self-enrichment but leaders who are genuine servants of the people,” he noted.
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