Interior CS Warns Kenyans About Politicians Engaging in Massive Bribery

Matiang'i stated that an unusually high number of economic criminals and their accomplices may use the opportunity to buy their way into the Parliament.

Matiangi revealed on Wednesday during the launch that criminals rely on massive bribery and suspect funds to win elective seats.

“You have seen people carrying money with bags in the villages, lining up Kenyans to give them sh 100 and sh 200 even banks have a shortage of these notes and these people are laundering their way into elective positions to take decisions,” he stated.

He warned that electing a large number of criminals would expose the country to bad laws and further exacerbate the link between corruption and bad leadership.

“If we are not careful as Kenyans, by the time we are done with this electoral cycle, we would’ve laundered criminals into our elective institutions– even up to about 40 percent, and do you think they will tidy up the legislative environment?” Matiang'i stated.

A politician with money. PHOTO FILE

He urged the middle class to vote, claiming that failing to do so would leave the country in the hands of leaders who would likely support laws that favored criminal enterprises.

CS Matiangi stated that they must participate in this election because it will determine how money laundering issues are addressed.

“I want to challenge you, people who wouldn’t queue to vote, it’s either we elect a government which is cozy with money laundering or we elect a government that is against money laundering and which is committed to fighting this,” he added.

According to the Interior Ministry's Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing National Risk Assessment, fraud, and forgery are the country's top financial crimes.