Almost 7,000 prisoners have been released from Kenyan prisons in order
to create space for “more serious offenders”, local media reports.
President Uhuru Kenyatta told Kenyans during the Mashujaa Day
celebrations – a holiday to commemorate those who took part in the
country’s liberation struggle – that petty offenders such as chicken
thieves would be released:
“There is now space to bring in more people with serious offences like
corruption… The space is there and there is enough beans for them to
eat in there.”
Mr Kenyatta admitted that corruption remained a fundamental issue
affecting Kenya, instructing the new chief justice to be vigilant in
fighting corruption cases.
Earlier this week, the president criticised various government agencies for hampering the fight against corruption.
