US Ambassador Kyle McCarter Dares Kenyan Youth over Graft

US Ambassador Kyle McCarter Dares Kenyan Youth over Graft

US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter took to Twitter on Monday to decry the runaway corruption in the country.

McCarter pointed out that the country loses up to Sh800 billion annually and wondered whether the Kenyan youth is ready to put the practice to an end or will continue perpetuating it once they assume leadership positions.

"Why keep hauling water up a hill if Ksh800 Billion is leaking from the mutungi all the way there? Will youth get in office and continue tradition or have they had enough? This donor [the US] has had enough,” he tweeted.

"Nobody has really answered my question. Will the youth put a stop to this or just join the tradition of thievery? Youth? What do you say? Yes or No?" he posed.

He divulged that the US donates Sh170 billion to Kenya every year to support various projects but some of it ends up benefitting a few greedy individuals. He stated that going forward “we must go from aid to trade.”

His tweet elicited mixed reactions with some online users questioning why the US is still donating money to Kenya while aware the funds will be misused.

Comments

Morris Menye (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 06:59pm

Amb MacCarter knows very well that Kenya's elite thugs control most institutions fighting corruption in Kenya.A good example is Sonko graft case where he was planted back by Uhuru despite Court ruling to the contrary.The US-DEA & FBI can be of great help if they stepped in and arrest all druglords and their beneficiaries named by Akasha brothers.

10x (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 07:23pm

Let me break the silence on the damn comments box.
See Mr....Acho!!!!.... Ambassador...your fucking people, you know them rednecks you share the same pigmentation with.
They rob and been robbing blacks since way before 1776.
I look at you Mr. Ambassador and you remind me of them Confederate flag bearers who walk the side walks of downtown Indiana harassing and intimidating our black women.
So the tradition of thievery mutha fucka begins with you and your people

outcast (not verified)     Tue, 07/28/2020 @ 06:24pm

In reply to by 10x (not verified)

10x 10x 10x 10x i love you, i declare it here.....you called out the mutha facka by his balls....please please reply this exact to his twitter handle.......oooooohhhh my gosh. ok 10x hit the nail off the ball joint...if he reads this his balls will drop in winter......jeeeeeeeeze

Seroney (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 08:19pm

Mr. Barozi - DP Ruto should be able to answer your corruption concerns in Kenya.

He is the most corrupt politician ever to exist in the history of Africa! He is wowing the youth to jump in his political boat so he can continue stealing from poor Kenyans if elected the next president!

I know you can’t vote in Kenya but your powerful country can do something to edge Ruto out of politics. We have had enough of his stealing!

Mutai (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 08:29pm

I too decry the level of corruption in Kenya! As a young Kenyan, it is very worrisome how those we elected to serve us have completely decimated our country’s coffers!

The big question is, what will these thieves leave behind for the future generations? Maybe a mutiny should be organized where we kill all the politicians and begin all over again! Certainly it appears that this is the ONLY alternative left.

Kenya has become an Animal Farm where only the most connected and financially fittest can survive. There must a change some where on the way to save our country. What is your suggestion Mr. Ambassador!?

Mike (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 08:40pm

There are enough hopeless youth to stage a successful coup of all the current politicians to salvage Kenya! They are the ones carrying out corruption without any mercy! They are openly stealing from us; they are raping us!

Why should we have mercy on them while they are destroying our country and our future as we watch? All we need is America to support us with weapons to stage a successful coup! That will bring a very quick bloodless change! Can this be a deal Mr. McCarter? Just engaging how we are feeling if you can feel it!

Margrer (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 08:46pm

There is no true democracy in a Kenya. Those who claim democracy are the thieves who have structured everything to favor them as they protect themselves with impunity.

Those aggrieved must gather the courage to physically fight back like it happened in Libya, Egypt, etc! If it means real war, so be it! We are very tired!

We will need material support from you Mr. McCarter to liberate Kenya. It is about time! The rich can’t continue to oppress the poor!

Joe (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 08:49pm

The poor masses are very tired of the corruption carried out by politicians, eg DP Ruto and no body seems to do anything. We need a forced change!

Muthemba (not verified)     Tue, 07/28/2020 @ 10:19pm

In reply to by Joe (not verified)

You forgot to mention the judiciary, Maraga, the judiciary woman assistant, all the county governors, Sonko, Waititu, Murkomen, sudi, Rigathi, Kuria, and waiguru as the leaders of corruption! The thieves are all over the corners of Kenya! Mr. McCarter ask a good question if we the youth will join the thievery? I say we need the ambassador’s help in eliminating these thieves so we can build a new Kenya!

Khaemba (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 08:58pm

The man who conducted the first ever coup in 1982 has now joined hands with the system to fight the biggest thief, the DP Ruto. We hope Uhuru and Raila can finish Ruto before he gets power to steal everything Kenya owns!

Kalid (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 09:02pm

The most corrupt enemy of Kenya is DP Ruto! There will always be rampant corruption in Kenya as long as Ruto is able to control the political system!

Maria (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 09:08pm

Corruption in Kenya will always be there as long as folks like Ruto are on the inside of the government. The most corrupt are the government officials led by the second in command! Ordinary Kenyans can easily change this matrix by letting the thieves know their time is up!

Ropes steve (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 09:20pm

I wish i could lecture this fool. He's part of the problem. The U.S. has enabled this pandemic (corruption) for many years by giving kenya free dollars without demanding accountability all while knowing Kenya is #1 globally in corruption. What a fool!!

Johnathan (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 09:23pm

@McCarter, corruption in Kenya is done by the government officials. The high ranking people you deal with every day are the most corrupt!

We the people elected them but they have turned on us to steal our tax money. The only solution is to get rid of them in whatever possible way!

The most unfortunate thing is where the politicians use our stolen money to bribe the ignorant idiots among us, mainly the so poor youth!

That is exactly what Ruto is doing with all the money he stole from Kenyans! We need a real revolution to change the order of things in Kenya!

Uhuru must declare a state of emergency on corruption. He must be willing to jail every corrupt leader to include William Ruto! @McCarter, why don’t apply pressure on Uhuru to get rid of the most corrupt DP Ruto?

Nyamboke (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 09:36pm

A poll of the most corrupt person in Kenya was conducted last year and DP Ruto was voted the most corrupt!

@McCarter, we are all aware that you got that information for consumption purposes! So I find it quite hypocritical for you to keep talking about corruption while you know who the thieves are. You even know that Kenei (a personal guard to Ruto) was killed by those Ruto associates to hide Echesa weapons corrupt deal with Ruto.

Many similar events have happened but nothing is done to punish the powerful people involved! While you can vote in Kenya, you have other powers to influence change in Kenya; is that correct? We are very fed up with corruption in Kenya, just like you are!

Why don’t you go talk to DP Ruto and ask him why he steals from Poor Kenya man ol man?? I would like to know what he tells you!

Muthemba (not verified)     Tue, 07/28/2020 @ 10:09pm

In reply to by W waxwisecounsel (not verified)

You foolish sorry Chinese ass! Your damn expression about the people of Kenya is inexcusable! I certainly hope you are not currently residing in Kenya! What about a mod justice to this fool that is calling Kenyans negroes? He is purposely calling every Kenyan a “nigger”! How about that stupidity!!?? Damn you!!

Kamau (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 11:05pm

Mr. McCarter - Kenyans (most of them) glorify folks with the ill gotten wealth! You and a few other honest Kenyans may be the only ones scratching your heads over the run away corruption. And stealing by politicians is as normal as an ordinary pair of shoes 👠 (Bata shies)!

It will take an a t of God to completely eradicate corruption in Kenya. It is so deeply rooted to a point it has become a way of life! That is why Uhuru can not kill corruption!

Uhuru’s number two, the hustler (meaning the most corrupt) sells the idea of corruption in churches where the opium of the masses has caused many to support corruption because those involved confess to be faithful! When you entangle stealing with a few verses from the Holy Book, folks seem not to question it!

So, you are probably the only one bothered by the level of corruption in Kenya simply because you grew up in a different environment under very different circumstances!

Mr. Ambassador, I hope by now you have realized that even animals steal in a Kenya - corruption is a big business - (that little monkey 🐒 in Naivasha) stole from you!!! Don’t worry, sit back, smoke a Cigar and be happy!!!

Mutai (not verified)     Mon, 07/27/2020 @ 11:23pm

@McCarter - The youth will not put a stop to stealing ( corruption) in Kenya! They are being misled by the corrupt politicians ( DP Ruto) by telling them that it’s is ok to be a hustler (thief) for his political expediency!

Ruto is working hard to recruit the youth by giving them the money he has stolen for him to benefit politically. He wants to win at whatever cost regardless of the damage he will inflict in the Kenyan society!

So in essence Mr. Abassador, the youth have already joined the thievery club because the big brother thief (Ruto) is the head of that mob ( like the old Gatti in New York in the old days)! He is using every trick in the book to confuse the youth!

There is no much difference between DP Ruto and the Chicago mafia groups who sell illicit drugs to the youth in the South side of Chicago. They goal is to enrich themselves - and Ruto, his goal is to buy the youth to get enough vote to get in the high off in 2022.

You would have to stop Ruto from selling connmanship to the youth if you want the youth to stop thievery!

James (not verified)     Tue, 07/28/2020 @ 02:36am

I really don’t think democracy is meant for the some mindsets! Look Libya Iraq Syria were all stable under dictators.. some population do not need democratic rule... they need strong men/dictatorial leadership... that’s the only language that works for them... hate him but Kagame is making Rwanda and envy of East Africa..soon Air Rwanda will rob KQ in daylight... until we have a leader who will not fear straightening the judiciary... same cycle... but Mr Ambassador is asking a genuine question.. no need of Matusi..

Anonymous UI (not verified)     Tue, 07/28/2020 @ 02:43am

Mr McCarter,as you insight Kenyans, how is Libya today? Your only participation in Kenya's problem is you keep your grants and help and return our land that you have been holding since 1948- this is the real corruption. Give the Kenyan youth back their ancestral land. They will not need your help.
As you insight the blacks in Kenya against one another, it will not work this time. The blacks are awake around the world and they are all saying, " Get off our neck".
There has been a perpetual war against the black man around the world for more than 400 years and the end of it is in sight. When Kenyans and Africans decide to fight, the fight will be against the colonizers and oppressors!!

Godhvemercy (not verified)     Tue, 07/28/2020 @ 09:36am

Corruption is deep rooted in Kenya politics. Ruto happens to occupy the front seat. He has stolen billions of taxpayers money. Now the brainless wananchi are preparing to make him the president. How foolish can we be. This is a ruthless man. He will continue to rip-off the public coffers more than before. Please good people use your common sense.

liz Gaki (not verified)     Tue, 07/28/2020 @ 03:38pm

Why is this man asking the youth yet he know its not the youth in power. He need to ask Uhuru and his cabinet not the youth. He knows better....twitter is not the way to start a conversation, he need to head to state house and then invite auditors from USA or any other country to look into ours finances and then provide the findings. Kenyan auditor can't trust them, they might ask for something tes worth 5 million for sitting down. But suprisingly we have the BEST when you take them out of kenya. All kenyan auditors are in Cayman Island and working hard there but tell them to audit their own country and you will see the shoddy job they will do.

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