Bonnie

Today, a millennial highlighted this as we were talking politics, and it reminded me just how much we overlook when discussing this country's political class. There was KICOTEC scandal during Ngilu's tenure. In 2024, the EACC told a Senate committee that 500 million allocated to Kitui for covid 19 interventions had been misappropriated, with part of the money diverted to the Kitui County Textile Centre. Even more troubling, investigators were looking into allegations that a company owned by her son, Trendy Links Ltd, was irregularly appointed to run the textile centre. Then there was the KICOTEC land controversy, where officials from Stongila Youth Polytechnic told senators they had faced intimidation and harassment over the institution's land. In another case, the auditor general flagged 11.46 million in potentially unaccounted county revenue, Sh60.56 million in unsupported vehicle maintenance expenditure and hundreds of millions in stalled health projects during her administration. Her administration also faced questions over the procurement of an 85 million stone crusher, with allegations that the tender was irregularly awarded to a relative. These are not ordinary political disagreements. They are matters raised by auditors, parliamentary oversight committees and anti corruption investigators. We have a strange political memory. These criminals can preside over administrations surrounded by serious accountability questions, disappear for a while, then return speaking the language of reform and transformation. Woiii Ngai!