Focus on the output. If you ran a super-corrupt system and somehow manage to do what Jubilee have done - then I have no beef with that.You can have very little corruption and still remain a hell-hole. It's important to like Ruto said in the interview to focus on the output - not the inputs & internal processes (get lost in the details).
For example - KPLC - Inputs & processes are probably corrupt or corrupted - but Jubilee increased connection from 1.5-2M to now 6.5-7M in 5yrs (Output). That is amazing! It been touted as world fastest electrification - it's faster than when US was electrifying in 1930s. Jubilee moved electrification from less than 30% to 70% in 5yrs. Kibaki found electrification at 12% and he moved it to about 30%. That too was great. Jubilee are promising universal electricity coverage by 2022 - that will be about 85-95% of every kenyan household connected.
Here is World Bank praising Jubilee for world fastest electrification.
Bangladesh and Kenya, for example are faster in electrification than India. India, she said, is now entering final stage of electrification.
Look at roads - from before independence to Jubilee - we had tarmacked only 12,000Kms of roads. Jubilee are tarmacking around 10,000kms (5yrs) and targetting (30,000Kms). In 5yrs Jubilee will have brought bitumen standard roads to more places than 100yrs of previous governments. In 10yrs - they'd have done 3 times - what rest did in 100yrs.
Ruto has probably made tonnes of money selling poles to KPLC or winning contracts for his construction companies or kickbacks - but there is no denying that lot more millions of people have access to electricity and roads - maybe without corruption - they'd have done slightly more - say 75% instead of 70% - but moving it from 23% to 70% - is the elephant in the house.
Let us not get lost in nonsense - like who is most corrupt or not - when we know all that is our conjecture. The only corrupt people are those that have been found to be corrupt by a competent court and have exhausted all avenues of appeals & reviews. Those are very few now.
If after 5yrs - Uhuru come and say he fought corruption - and tout that as success without that fight reflecting in tangible outputs ( roads, rails, electricity, etc) - then he'd have failed. So fighting corruption is part of day to day activities (inputs) but ultimately he need to focus on the success. If his goal is to provide 500,000 units of housing and he think corruption like NYS will cripple it - then he should do it - together with what Ruto has been doing by ensuring their is strict supervisions & no lazy bones sleeping & letting targets fall below deadline. Corruption is one of risks that Uhuru legacy project will not see the light - but it's not the only one - the usual laziness or lack of seriouness & urgency from gov is probably the biggest threat.
Biggest threat in fighting corruption for it's sake is that it will make gov unable to move forward. People can't procure because they are afraid or the procurement take forever. People can make decisions because they could be arrested for merely sitting on some tender committe. I'd rather UhuRuto focus on delivery and see corruption as blocker - to be dealt with - on need by need basis - if corruption is stopping NYS from doing it's job - fix that - but if you go on a witch-hunt all over the gov - arresting people for show - then gov grinds to a halt.
Very true. Ergo, the fact that GoK needs Ruto's "efficiency" to function is a failure, not a success. Uhuruto have perfected a super corrupt system that depends on whims to function. Uhuru has finally woken up to this and decided slaying the monster is a worthy legacy than the Big 4... Ruto vehemently opposes the boss. Even if Ruto's ambitions fall victim to the war, I still support it. For once we have institutions actually working... that's a first in Kenya.
