PLO has unveiled a new plan i.e to prosecute people who live above their means. Do you think that this plan will work?

Identification of persons living above their means is a walk in the park. Proving that they are is also very easy. If a guy bought a 10M vehicle, he just needs to show a legitimate source. Hapana eti, I did this deal..... onyesha makaratasi then KRA also catch up with you quite easily. Remember, you are supposed to pay tax even on profits of deals.. Infact I see this as the simple way to mitigate corruption as opposed to long court porcesses like those of WR with no end on sight.

If a cop has a Mat on the road, then he can account for a lifestyle of upto 100K from the mat per month, but you do not build three flats in six months from your mshahara, loans and matatu. It is just not legally possible.

So I think it is possible to greatly mitigate corruption this way.

He'll need to convert the entire North Eastern into one big prison as 90% of Kenyans live above their means.

Yes. PLO Mboys had an issue in the court regarding this apporach.The way PLO remarked reminded me clearly of the dragon slayer Aaron. I do not think that being asked to account for your wealth on reasonable grounds is unconsitutional at all. The issue here is not the side hustles as long as they are acceptable in your employment contract e.g nothing stops you from acquiring a 200 acre farm on loan and investing in wheat farmng to pay off or making a reurn of 200% on shares. That is all legal and acceptable. I think the issue comes when you cannot explain how you got that farm i.e no loan, no cash, no sacco no saving, no legal gift etc. It can only mean that it is the proceeds of corruption.

It simply shows that there is a new dawn. We have to cease the deal culture and have everything in proper books.

I agree (obviously) that we need to weed out corruption – but this fishing approach will not work. He should make sure he has done thorough investigations and has made out a case against the accused person before rushing off to the AG’s with the file. Its all about the facts facts facts. Not speculation. Not the conclusions that can be drawn by examining someone’s lifestyle. This business of conducting shoddy investigations and hoping that the court will convict on the basis of poetry read here and there wont take us far.

If someone is living “way above their means” (whatever that means) – its his job to show the court how our money was “stolen / misused” NOT to haul Kenyans into court to explain their lifestyle....

I agree that most public servants (and other Kenyans) have multiple sources of income. Teachers are the best example...few of them live solely on their salary. Most have projects running here and there. I wonder how many of us can account for every penny, and how many of us understand our tax obligations. Once worked somewhere where come every June, everyone would dump their tax forms on the accountant.