Ahadi Kenya CEO Stanley Kamau has said this is the only way that the government will be able to recover resources that have been lost through corruption.
Kamau said corruption has become a major issue in the nation and requires drastic measures to stem it before it ruins the country development-wise.
He said public land meant for social amenities such as schools and hospitals has been grabbed through corruption in most parts of the country.
According to him, a one month amnesty would give a chance to corruption suspects to return stolen public resources without the need for the government to use legal means.
“Ours schools are too congested because all the land that was set aside for them is now in private hands,” he said.
He noted that over time, so much money has been looted from government coffers that could help spur development further if recovered.
“The money would be enough to adequately compensate Solai dam victims and those affected by landslides in Murang’a without the need to look for more funds,” he added.
Kamau who was speaking during the opening of the Gospel Embassy Worship Centre in Murang’a town on Sunday also appealed to the church to stop abetting corruption by accepting money from corrupt leaders.
Kamau said most churches are being constructed with money from corrupt politicians who are invited for fundraisings.
“I am asking churches to start vetting the people who bring money to them so that they do not become avenues for corrupt individuals to clean their images,” he said.
He urged the clergy to reject the money corrupt individuals bring to their churches saying they steal large amounts from the government and give only a small percentage to churches in a bid to hide their criminal side.
He said as the government tries to fight corruption, Kenyans need to see the church making a clear stand against the vice that he said threatens the future of the country.
“Reject the money they bring to your funerals and weddings to make it clear that you do not support corruption,” he told the clergy.
Kamau noted that church faithful regard donations from politicians as generosity without considering that it is their revenue that is being misused which in turn affects the economy negatively.
Corruption, he noted, has become an enormous jigger that needs to be plucked out using every means possible before it suffocates the government.
“Let not those who are mentioned in corruption matters hide in their communities because they did not steal for their communities,” Kamau said.
-Alice Waithera