US Ambassador lands himself in trouble for condemning corruption in Kenya
The United States Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter on Sunday evoked the anger of a section of Kenyans online over his tweet condemning corruption in the country.
In a tweet, Ambassador McCarter said the government’s next move in the war against graft should be to go for the big fish.
McCarter wrote the tweet after attending an integrity walk organized by Transparency International, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Judiciary.
“Stood with courageous friends #TIKenya vs Thievery that is depriving the wananchi of the deserved prosperity of the big 4. We must say NO to thievery. @USAMarafiki is boldly engaging to defeat this cancer of Thievery. The big fish must be caught,” McCarter tweeted.
Stood w/ courageous friends #TIKenya vs Thievery that is depriving the wananchi of the deserved prosperity of the big 4. We must say NO to thievery. @USAMarafiki is boldly engaging to defeat this cancer of Thievery. #stopthesethieves pic.twitter.com/wQCuN1Mhdn
— Ambassador Kyle McCarter (@USAmbKenya) September 29, 2019
But his tweet didn’t go down well with some Kenyans on Twitter who asked him to explain what the US has done to help Kenya fight the vice while others accused him of dining with the so-called big fish.
U write thievery and big four in the same sentence, don’t you know the big four is being spearheaded by the thieves themselves pretending to b the saviours of the sycophantic people who believes anything a political office holder says is the gospel truth
— Rambo kanambo (@MburuTm) September 29, 2019
This is how his back and forth with a section of Kenyans online went:
You are missing the important point here. Don’t let your politics blind you from the fact that the price of the big 4 = the cost of thievery. $800Billion ks
— Ambassador Kyle McCarter (@USAmbKenya) September 29, 2019
Pretty simple. I remember it very clearly. I ate my food and left to go back to my home. All I can say really. I don’t divulge my private conversations or strategies to fight thievery. No need to educate them.
— Ambassador Kyle McCarter (@USAmbKenya) September 29, 2019
It doesn’t matter where the big 4 comes from or who proposes it. You want to reject UH, Mfg, Housing, and food security? Most of us want this for the Kenyan people. Don’t let politics get in the way of prosperity for the people.
— Ambassador Kyle McCarter (@USAmbKenya) September 29, 2019