Former Mukurweini MP Kabando wa Kabando has sharply criticised Kenya’s political leadership following explosive revelations of yet another alleged corruption scheme at the National Youth Service (NYS), involving claims of fictitious supplies worth more than Sh6.2 billion.
According to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), businessman Ben Gethi and his associates are accused of billing the government for supplies said to have been delivered to NYS.
However, inspections of NYS stores reportedly found no trace of items such as boots, cooking oil, pineapples or corned beef, suggesting the transactions existed only on paper.
Reacting on X, Kabando framed the scandal as proof that corruption at NYS is neither accidental nor isolated.
He described it as a recycling of the same networks and actors that have benefited from previous scandals, arguing that the architects of NYS looting have merely shifted positions within powerful state institutions.
In his remarks, Kabando claimed that individuals linked to such schemes now occupy influential spaces across government, including Parliament, the Treasury, county administrations and other key offices.
Kabando went further to connect high-level graft to everyday suffering, saying corruption continues to rob young people, the poor and the sick.
While expressing frustration at what he described as public apathy towards corruption, Kabando pointed to recent youth-led protests as a rare sign of resistance.
He praised Gen Z activists for demanding accountability, warning that normalising graft through political loyalty only entrenches poverty and inequality.