President Kenyatta noted that the initiative’s results had been remarkable during his final year in government, speaking during the 59th Madaraka Dy Celebrations at Uhuru Gardens.
“When we took over in 2013, some of the state corporations were rotten from the core and to the core”. We had to “…drain the swamp” from the inside-out,” he recalled.
He added that when the Kenya Meat Commission was handed the disciplined soldiers to manage, “they turned it into a profit-making enterprise in record time.”
“But we had to balance this ‘clean-up’ exercise with accelerated performance. That is why we turned to the disciplined forces and summoned them to the course of nation building.”
He also mentioned the Kenya Shipyard Limited, which had gone bankrupt due to incompetence and corruption.
“Last year, we handed it over to the disciplined forces. Today, this Corporation is poised to be the largest shipyard in sub-Saharan Africa,” he said.
He remarked that this is proof that everything is possible in an uncontaminated environment.
“If we could build this museum using the disciplined forces in only 22 months instead of 10 years and restore the glory of Nairobi using the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), it can be done!”