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| Former Tourism Permanent Secretary Rebecca Nabutola (left) and former Kenya Tourism Board Managing Director Achieng Ongonga |
Corruption may soon become a dangerous and
risky pass-time for public officials and private business person engaged in corruption
and money embezzlement.
The conviction and sentencing of two former senior
public officials, a permanent secretary, a tourism board managing director and a
tourism board member and entrepreneur to jail terms of 4, 3 and 7 years respectively
and hefty cash fines should be deterrent enough. The courts have started to bit
and should do so often if corruption impunity is to be eradicated.
The action by the courts is
something Kenyans have been waiting for, for a long time. Others with pending
cases should take notice. "Corruption lords" in the public service should also take
notice. This is not time to fight back. It is time for taking responsibility
and accountability.
One does not fail to
feel pity on the trio remembering that they also served in various capacities.
However, the lesson is that "good work is always destroyed by one act of
impropriety." There is a great honor in serving the country impeccably rather than ending in jail as a criminal. Public officials should henceforth choose the former.
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