It has now emerged that the unceremonious exit of Mwalimu Mati from Transparency International was a case of corruption fighting the eloquent and steadfast chief executive officer who zealously guarded the institutions' integrity and reputation.
A recent report released by the anti-corruption lobby group clears Mati from all wrong doing while it implicates some of his accusers who have now been shown the door as it cleans house to restore the probity of its Kenyan chapter.
After watching Mati speak on television during a talk show last night on corruption, one does not need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that Mati is not only highly intelligent but he is thorough and swiftly gets to the crux of the matter—whatever it is. These are qualities, which the current administration abhors. Incidentally John Githongo fits the same bill and that's why he is exile today even as the government says that he is no investigator and his tapes are not audible, when we have all heard them very clearly on the net.
It was Mati who came to the rescue of Kenyans when the finance minister, Mr Kimunya, attempted to lie to Kenyans about promissory notes being cancelled. The government as payment issued the notes for some of the multi-billion Anglo Leasing projects.
During the highly charged talk show, it was only Mati among the other three visitors who was armed with written facts and figures about the scandal and from his point of argument it was evident that he had thoroughly researched on the topic beforehand.
When he was kicked out of transparency international, he came out fighting and even accused some of the directors of engaging in corruption and nepotism by hiring unqualified relatives to the organization but many thought it was just a ploy he was using of painting others black so as to appear white. Mercifully the truth is now out.
True to his word, when TI launched independent investigations, Mwalimu was cleared from any wrongdoing while his accusers were sent packing in a purge that affected most of the local directors of the anti corruption lobby group.
Having secured another job as chief executive officer of Mars International, Mwalimu Mati is still an important face (that will grow in stature) in the local anti-corruption war which is far from over, especially if the dark day that president Kibaki manages to be re-elected comes to pass.
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