Kenya’s Economy Will Not Improve Without Justice, Says Dr. Isaac Newton Kinity
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Kenya’s economy continues to struggle under the weight of corruption, rising poverty, and unfulfilled promises by successive governments. Many Kenyans are crying out in agony as the cost of living rises and public services collapse, leading to widespread frustration over when meaningful economic change will finally come.
Dr. Isaac Newton Kinity, a counselor, human rights activist, Chairman of the Kikimo Foundation for Corruption and Poverty Eradication, and former Secretary General of the Kenya Civil Servants Union, has warned that no president, current or future, will ever succeed in positively improving Kenya’s economy or transforming the country without first addressing the root cause of the problem: grand corruption.
He insists that all present and past Kenyan leaders who held powers of authority and used those powers to loot public funds, including loans, grants, and taxes, must be arrested, prosecuted, and jailed for long periods. “Whatever they looted must be recovered and returned to Kenya and used in serving the purpose for which it was initially designed, assisting the owners, the Kenyan people,” Dr. Kinity said.
Drawing from recent reports, including one published by MSN where John Mbadi explained how the government can cut the KSh 2 billion lost daily through corruption, Dr. Kinity argues that this daily theft translates to immense suffering. According to him, “Looting KSh 2 billion every day in Kenya subjects thousands of infants and small children to premature death through lack of food and lack of medical attention, and therefore, the looters should also be subjected to death.”
He further calls upon Kenyans, including Generation Z, farmers, local and foreign investors, teachers, health workers, civil servants, the private sector, the Kenya Police, and men and women in uniform such as the KDF, to reject lies, false promises, and the political experiences used for decades by political power brokers to hoodwink and blackmail citizens into electing the wrong leaders. He says such leaders, whom he describes as “looters of public funds, land grabbers, and extrajudicial killers,” have often been promoted as “politically experienced Kenyans,” yet their so-called experience is rooted in past corrupt administrations.
In his bold recommendation, Dr. Kinity says that if Kenyans cannot overcome the influence of these power brokers, they should demand the enactment of a new law to punish looters of public funds through execution by hanging or lethal injection if found guilty. He believes this would end the culture of impunity that protects corruption and would serve as a deterrent to those stealing from the public.
“For every action, there should be an equal and opposite reaction,” he emphasized.
Dr. Kinity, speaking from Connecticut, USA, argues that only by implementing tough measures and recovering stolen wealth can Kenya break free from the chains of corruption and begin to realize real economic recovery and social transformation.
Read the related report here: John Mbadi explains how the government can cut KSh 2 billion lost daily through corruption
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