This is what I said...and I have explained my philosophy regarding corruption. Corruption is BAD but for me it's not the baddest thing. Nyerere never stole anything - but he left Tanzania broke - and drove home in his bicyle - Corrupt JOMO KENYATTA was seeing Kenya off to 7 percent growth like ASIAN TIGERS.
In Chile around the same time - PINOCHET a corrupt dictator was turning CHile into a developed country.
There are many things worse than corruption - a reckless leader that start a civil war for example Abiy is worse than a corrupt dictator.
Kibaki that start a war that leads to 600,000 people evicted from their homes and thousand death - WILL NEVER BE MY HERO.
In Uganda - Obote was not a thief - just an idiot who ushered 20yrs of Bush wars in Uganda - Uganda whose economy was better than Kenya is still recovering..
Is Ruto corrupt - VERY corrupt. Do I support Ruto Yes. Do I support Corruption NO. I believe gov is complex operations and you need to consider a multitude of factors and variables....in credible list of candidates...unless you just want to support Dida or Turkana boy -
When it come to kenya politician - just remove corruption as factor - ALL OF THEM ARE SUPER CORRUPT - and focus on other things. Dont lie to yourself that Raila is not as corrupt as Ruto. He is probably just lazy and cannot steal as fast as Ruto can.
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Ruto has clearly said : Corruption cannot stop delivery of a serious gov. Corruption is a side issue. The main issue is the 90% that do not get stolen. Deliver on the 90% - and stop worrying about 10%.When you become developed country - where you've dealt with 90% of the issue - deal with graft.
Corruption is bad - but not compared to lazy useless leaders like Uhuru or Raila or kalonzo or maDVD. The lack of work ethic in Africa is worse than corruption. Just too many people waking up every day with hangovers doing nothing - worse of them in the public sector. Anything in public sector get done slowly and inefficiently. That is worse than corruption.
Look at the Chinese making it in Africa - they pay 10 percent to corrupt fatcats - work 24 hours including Sundays - get the job done - make their profit - and move on. The western nations on the contrary cannot do anything - they smell a whiff of corruption - they go into inactivity - and they avoid Africa.10yrs later - Ohoo China is taking over Africa.
Like Ruto - says - under his gov - there will be no money to steal because gov will work like a clock work. How do you steal a lot when Ruto will be supervising gov project on day to day basis...from 5 am in the morning...you steal too much..you cannot deliver..you get fired.