EACC has more time to investigate graft – Uhuru

President Kenyatta assured the country that the war on corruption will be on until the menace is over/FILE

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday allowed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission more time to carry out investigations beyond the 60 day period he had set out. The extension was announced after a meeting at State House with the Chief Executive Officer Halakhe Waqo, who had argued that the two months given were not sufficient.
“While acknowledging the Commission’s request for the extension of time, the President maintained his desire to see the process hastened and concluded expeditiously,” State House Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu said in a statement.
“The President was encouraged by the level of public cooperation given to the commission so far. It was in his view a welcome development that bore testimony to the fact that the relentless war on corruption cannot be won without it being a national collaborative effort,” he stated.
President Kenyatta assured the country that the war on corruption will be on until the menace is over.