With Lack of Accountability, Corruption Thrives

By BECKY NANCY 

Second Year Media Student, Chuka University 

Kenyan media today unfortunately feels like a place where only grievances thrive, a place where national matters are always greased with complaints and money scandals no longer seem to shock Kenyans.

I should be careful with my words to avoid being oblivious of the grave matters being reported about politicians who are usually allergic of the “I” pronoun and seem to have an obsession with a French word called “We”.

Equally, I would like to avoid being ignorant and inadvertently pushing for an erasure of accountability, truth and transparency by sounding fatigued by the everyday scandals reported. Every day dailies or broadcasting channels report about a new scandal or one in the cooking, my blood boils, since I am conscious of the treachery happening in this country, yet I feel powerless, not seen and not heard. Everyone convinces me that change is going to come through a single ballot decision in 2027 and I find it dubiously ironic. If I look at our past this is a fantasy, anxiously hilarious since the pattern problematically repeats itself.

Prestigious promises are being aired by rival politicians, the old and the new complemented by scathing harsh accusations about who did and who did not do. To a keen observer this parasitic pattern is a constant in Kenyan politics, where politicians set exams, be their own chief examiners and comically award themselves 100% pass marks on who was the best at embezzling taxpayers’ money and delivering the bare minimum “allegedly”, but hopefully these old jokes this time will fall flat on Kenyans’ ears. 

A ballot decision in 2027, fills me with me with excitement making me jittering with hope for better leaders. However, it equally raises glowering suspicions and denial internally from past leadership traumas. The postponement of holding people accountable feels like Kenyans are sitting on a sharp nail till 2027 and unless Kenyans wake up and question the affluence in a country that boasts a skyrocketing national debt, 2027 elections winner may achieve meagre outcomes in their term. The consistent lack of oversight by the government in its spending is alarming and it should nudge Kenyans to fight the opulence and corruption in this country, Because, there is a no future Kenya, if we cannot shape the present Kenya.

Every unqualified person hired by heavily taxed Kenyans is a clog in the system and they shouldn’t wait until 2027 to be ousted. Clear jurisdiction processes exist on how to fire every leader or public servant deemed incompetent not only when passing personal interest bills, but equally when calling for accountability. Author James Clear says, “Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up so does the evidence of your new identity”. Kenyans should decide now, transform our beliefs into action to get a new and a fruitful Kenya.