Justice Aaron Ringera could easily pass as the luckiest Kenyan alive. He earns a monthly salary of close to Shs 2 million for doing absolutely nothing save for clearing top government officials from corruption allegations or any wrongdoing (the hardest work he puts in to do this is to declare some very audible tapes inaudible or damaged).
It is now common knowledge among Kenyans that sacred cows are still very much alive and well in this country despite the careless-whispers-sweet-nothing-promises the president made to Kenya during "courtship". We still live in a country where we are supposed to be proud to be Kenyans even as those involved in multi million shilling scandals go scot-free while petty offenders are the ones who face justice swiftly.
Yesterday, Ringera violently slapped Kenyans in the face yet again by clearing all the senior government officials including one cabinet minister from corruption allegations while recommending the prosecution of a mere chief for allegations of receiving a Shs 1,000 bribe.
If Kenyans had their way, Ringera himself would be investigated for corruption and double standards not to mention having him return the money he has received in salary and allowances from the time he took up the job.
Known for talking tough and failing to provide results, Ringera is among those who have tarnished the image of the Kibaki administration most by failing to prosecute those involved in high level corruption and choosing to instead chase traffic policemen soliciting Sh 50 bribes from motorists (as they try to copy their role models in government and the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission). Wrong as it is for a traffic policeman to solicit a shs 50 bribe, it hardly constitutes an economic crime, which is what Ringera was mandated to deal with. I stand to be corrected but if parliament passed the bill that created Ringera's job for him to chase 50-bob-bribes-traffic-policemen, then this parliament and the president who signed the bill into law should have their brains examined.
The usual story told to gullible Kenyans about the big fish is that corruption files have been released to the attorney general for prosecution only for the AG to say that they don’t have sufficient evidence to sustain prosecution.
Never mind the fact that Ringera is a former judge and should know whether the evidence before him is sufficient or not to sustain a prosecution prior to sending the files to the ever smiling AG who like Ringera, seems to have long reached his sell by date.
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