This is a guest post by Kennedy Mugera.
Word just in from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has it that the EACC has no evidence to prosecute former Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru on grounds of corruption.
Authenticating a letter that has been circulating social media since Sunday, a spokesman for the EACC confirmed that the letter clearing Ms. Waiguru was indeed written by their Chief Executive Halakhe Waqo.
The spokesman also added that the EACC had also written similar letters on other senior officers and for junior to middle level ones as well. “We write to their institutions,” said Mr. Kairichi Marimba, the head of EACC corporate communications.
Though questions are being raised over the manner in which this matter has been quietly put to rest by the EACC, Mr. Kairichi was quick to reiterate that if new evidence becomes available, “investigations will continue.”
The stamped “Confidential” letter, which is dated 4th February 2016 says that “The Commission has conducted investigations on various allegations touching on National Youth Service and the Ministry of Devolution and National Planning. So far our investigations have not established any evidence to warrant an adverse recommendation against the former Cabinet Secretary Ms. Anne Mumbi Waiguru.”
A tough road to recovery is expected for the former Cabinet Secretary, after her reputation was torn to pieces by the slew of allegations she faced at the tail end of last year, even as Kenyans continue to ponder over the said ‘Accountability’ that government promised to deliver.