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Kenya: We Will Deliver the DCI, KRA, EACC and Judiciary From State Capture – Ruto

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Nairobi — Deputy President William Ruto and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party leader has vowed to enact a number of reforms in different government agencies if elected President in the August Elections.

DP Ruto who spoke on Tuesday during the UDA National Delegates Conference (NDC) where he received a nod to be the party’s flag bearer, said the move will be aimed at delivering the state agencies including the judiciary and the security sector from what he termed “state capture”

The Deputy President singled out the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) as some of the agencies which will be subjected to a raft of reforms to ensure their independence while discharging their mandate.

He claimed that the state agencies were being misused in harassing and persecuting political opponents and Kenyans hence a need for “deliverance.”

“They have weaponized state institutions, DCI, KRA and the EACC to run political errands. To dismantle businesses that belong to people who do not worship them, and I want to tell them, this country will change,” Ruto said.

He added “On our first day, we will free the DCI, we will free the KRA from state capture.”

The UDA presidential candidate further said that his administration will professionalize the DCI’s office and the KRA for them to discharge their constitutional and legal duty.

He stated that he will appoint an accounting officer for the Inspector General and the DCI to give them financial independence while conducting their duties.