Nairobi: A Jubilee member of parliament from Murang'a has proposed that Kenyans convicted for corruption be shot dead in full glare of the public. While making the statement, Murang'a woman representative, Sabina Chege, said that was the only punitive measure which will tame runaway corruption in the country.
“I am proposing that once people are convicted by our courts for corruption, they be taken before a firing squad at Uhuru Park and are shot dead in full glare of the public. It has happened in China and we can as well embrace it here in Kenya," Chege said. The lawmaker was speaking at Ihura Stadium in Muranga town during a walk to raise funds for the Muranga chapter of the Kenya Red Cross. The funds will assist the body in mitigating various calamities that continue to face residents from the County occasioned by the ongoing heavy rains.
Chege called on other legislators to support the Bill once it is tabled at the floor of the House. She also defended the Jubilee government over accusations of corruption, saying it were corrupt individuals and not the government who were giving the government a bad name. She also called on various investigating arms of the government and the courts to pursue the matter expeditiously and ensure all those implicated in corruption face the law.
"We cannot be jumping from one corruption case to another. In the last one week we started by corruption allegations at the National Youth Service and we came to the National Cereals and Produce Board that were immediately followed by corruption at the Kenya Power. This is unacceptable," she lamented. As this happens, Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro says he has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi, seeking to amend the laws that will have people found guilty of corruption be subjected to life sentences.
