Kabogo’s Tweet Triggers Angry Reactions From Kenyans
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Former Kiambu governor William Kaboogo morning tweet triggered Kenya’s to vent about the state of corruption in Kenya.
In his tweet the former governor said that Kenyans were waking up early and working hard only for their taxes to be stolen by corrupt leaders.
Kenyans headed to work, 6:00am only for their taxes to be stolen. Very unfortunate pic.twitter.com/swq9C9s93S
— Hon. William Kabogo (@honkabogo) March 19, 2019
Here are some of the responses that Kenyans posted illustrating how angry they were at corruption.
And then a 'mature elder' stands in a broad daylight and lie to Kenyans that there are no money stolen.
That no one will die out of hunger when I can see the situation in Turkana.
Imagine in front of a television!!!
Nashangaa sana— R Cu Wycliffe (@CuWycliffe) March 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/mukuria_samuel/status/1107852772479827968
But the same Kenyans {me included} keep voting for the same thieves , or replacing them with bigger thieves .
— Mume Ole Nguvuze (@NguvuzeMume) March 19, 2019
Other Kenans felt that the governor was only speaking because he was out of the government and that during hi tenure corruption was still rampant yet he was not vocal about it.
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Here is what they said:
What did you do when you had the power to influence such things?I think you could have done more
— Josphine (@josyrichgal) March 19, 2019
But when you were Gvn and Mp stealing was economic activity to politicians you neither spoke or acted! Ama unataka urudishwe ndani tena?
— Haronâï¸ (@realRuto) March 19, 2019
Kenyans have been complaining about the state of corruption in the country. For the past months the newspaper headlines have been filled with scandals. Billions of shillings have been lost in scandals that are still under investigations.
The latest is the Arror and Kamwerer dam scandals which has seen Kenyans Sh 21billion.
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