Debate over KACC’s Power
September 15, 2007: Professor Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Peace Laureate, defends Parliament’s decision to limit the powers of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) (source 1). Prof. Maathai said that the KACC had not accomplished much and had not fulfilled its intended purpose. The KACC’s powers were drawn back earlier on September 12, when Parliament decided that the KACC would not be able to investigate “grand corruption committed before May 2003” (source 2). Ms. Martha Karua, Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, disagrees with Prof. Maathai, saying that Parliament’s decision is letting down the people of Kenya, since corruption is a problem that needs to be solved in order for Kenya to grow as a nation.
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