This archive report was first published on 26 June 2020.
On June 26, 2020, former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale expressed concerns that the law may be targeting the Luhya community, citing the sentencing of Sirisia MP John Waluke and his co-accused Grace Wakhungu in the Ksh 297million NCPB scandal.
Waluke and Wakhungu were sentenced to 67 and 69 years in prison, respectively, if they fail to pay the more than Ksh 1 billion fine slapped on them by the Anti-Corruption Court.
Khalwale questioned why the two received heavy sentences while other corrupt individuals, such as Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru, got away with corruption allegations.
Waiguru has been mentioned in the Ksh 791m NYS scandal and other corruption allegations as Governor of Kirinyaga County. She was forced to resign from her job as Devolution CS in 2015 at the height of the NYS scandal.
Early this month, the Kirinyaga County Assembly impeached Waiguru over allegations of misuse of office and violation of the constitution.
Khalwale also mentioned the case of former Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Barasa, who lost her job for pinching a security guard, while Justice GBM Kariuki got away with murder.
Justice Kariuki was accused of stabbing Robert Karori in October 2008, but was acquitted due to lack of evidence.
