“There is nothing that is going to redeem the institution of the National Assembly unless they sit down, look each other in the eye and say we have betrayed our country,” said Wainaina.
“They have to completely overhaul the entire system of the National Assembly, they have to strengthen the individual member’s accountability and they have to remove conflict of interest.”
They also claimed that since the Jubilee administration came into power, corruption had become rife pointing out that as at now there were over 20 corruption cases.
“While most of them involve unbelievably large sums of money that could have gone into critically needed services, others implicate public officials like members of IEBC in whom the public expects unquestionable integrity,” added Otieno.
They were deeply concerned that the institution tasked with dealing with corruption was in itself riddled with cases of graft urging the leadership to quickly find a solution to the issues affecting EACC as it was negatively affecting the fight against corruption.
Also present during the meeting were representatives from Transparency International and The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA).
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