The United States Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter on Sunday received backlash from 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.
His tweet elicited reactions from 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.
Rambo Kanambo wrote: “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 be the saviors of the sycophantic people who believe anything a political office holder says is the gospel truth.”
In response, Ambassador McCarter noted: “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. 800 Billion ksh.”
@wakahonyo posed: “You once had dinner with the biggest fish, what happened?”
McCarter replied: “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.”
@KaymanGeorge said: ” Stop these sideshows and do the needful..You know very well how our leaders, from top to bottom, are corrupt but your govenrment can’t even ban their travel to the USA.”
responding to him, Ambassador McCarter wrote: “You should not comment on what you do not know.”
When one is overseas,…
When one is overseas, Ambassadors should represent their countries well. Pz abstain from getting all mixed up with Local, and sometimes Tribal Politics. Am just saying.
let the balozi be. Kenyans…
let the balozi be. Kenyans dont want to do the hard work. Sudan did, Egypt is next kenyans just seat by and do nothing. he’s not Kenyan, kenyans should handle their problems.
Mr McCarter, you are in…
Mr McCarter, you are in Kenya to serve American interests. Stop giving Kenyans the tranquilizing drug of gradualism; to seem like you are helping. You are not and Kenyans need to know they are on their own.
Your allegiance is to American government which sent you to Kenya to represent Americans and can call you back any time; your other allegiance is to the Kenya government which can terminate your stay in Kenya or reject you as an Ambassador any time.
If anything, let’s not get distracted from how our Senator Mwaura was treated by your people.
That is the issue you can help us with at the moment. As for corruption, leave it to Kenyans.
He is after all a GOP…
He is after all a GOP politician and he fully subscribed to Trumps America First Doctrine so let’s not be fooled by his sideshows and chicanery!
What a way to make an impact…
What a way to make an impact. I think he’s far better off voicing his opinion and strongly condemning corruption rather than be like other stooges before him who thought foreign service to Kenya means dancing to the politicians music, acquiring a local name and marrying a Kenyan woman whilst fixing nothing. Amb. McCarter is damned if he says something and damned if he says nothing.
Well @ christopher why dine…
Well @ christopher why dine with the corrupt then.So talking shit fromThis Makata is hogwash.Personally i will never shake hands with raila the corrupt/killer of 82/07/08 elections/ juu am principled.All wr asking is this MAkata to stop dining or payukaring n tell his so called clean country united state of gormolla to act n ban children n politicians from going to state if they r serious with fighting the corruption.Deport all the kids family members of those involved in corruption back to kenya then we will surely see yr doing something with this help of thievery others shut yr Mouth mr Makata.
Just because Kenya is full…
Just because Kenya is full of filthy filthy Nasty thieves starting with the people in Jubilee all the way to ODM and Wiper, doesn’t stop him from mixing with them. How do you take down an enemy, by eating and having fun with them. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Kikiumana, they won’t even know what hit them. Boss didn’t you hear the Ambassador warn someone not to say what they don’t know. Kenyan Government even without their knowledge has given US Govt TOO MUCH ACCESS. Hawa watu wanajua siri za wakenya za ndani kabisa. The only thing preventing them from taking action is jurisdiction , they also don’t want a backlash. And most importantly they want to use the information they have as leverage, that way they have their way everytime. Unless these departments start hiring stupid people who react to everything then they will continue to confuse Kenyans with their intentions- Dining with the corrupt whilst calling them out. Our (Kenyan) Ass is owned hehehehe
Ati what has the USA done to…
Ati what has the USA done to rid corruption in Kenya, what happened to sovereignty? Why can’t you resolve your own problems without invoking the USA and others? Oh wait, ‘they’re responsible for your problems’ somehow. What about meddling in other countries’ affairs, where do you draw that line?when is the USA meddling and when is it not? Maybe when it resolves your corruption issues it’s not meddling and when you run into disasters like famine etc but not when things are going well right? At the end of the day whether this ambassador is a MAGA moron or not,you need to stop relying on foreigners to resolve your problems greedy, self-centered matha***.