One of the first things that the Kibaki administration did on taking over power in 2002 was to embark on what was called a "radical surgery of the judiciary". Several high court judges opted for early retirement rather than face a tribunal to investigate their conduct. Some of these were innocent and the country lost some good judges. But a good number also opted to face the tribunal.
It is now clearly evident, especially after the third juidge Justice Daniel Aganyanya was cleared by the tribunal investigating him yesterday, that the whole exercise seems to have achieved very little indeed. The tribunal is yet to find any judge guilty of any wrongdoing. Those who launched the campaign seem to have forgotten that even if you know for sure that somebody is guilty of corruption, you still have to prove the whole thing. And proof was what was lacking in all the cases. That is the sort of proof that can stand up to legal scrutiny.
There is also a feeling among many analysts and observers that enthusiasm to fight corruption quickly fizzled out as many of the previously principled key government figures started enjoying the trappings of power. The result today is that this government has sunk so low that it is viewed to be almost as corrupt as the Moi administration. Little wonder that Moi and Kibaki have warmed up to each other tremendously in recent times.
It is said that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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