Saboti Member of Parliament, Caleb Amisi, has weighed in on President William Ruto’s sustained attack on the members of the National Assembly’s complicity in corrupt activities, terming it a diversionary tactic.

In a statement shared on his X page on Monday, August 18, 2025, the lawmaker accused the head of state of engaging in a ploy meant to distract attention from the real issues.

The lawmaker asserts that the remarks emanate from a president at a political crossroads.

Diversionary

“The onslaught on parliament is a diversionary tactic. Such tricks when you are politically cornered are as old as the oldest profession,” he said in a statement.

His remarks come after Ruto stepped up his warning of MPs engaging in corrupt practices, following up on his threats from the 2025 Devolution Conference in Homa Bay.

In his latest attack on the MPs, Ruto on Monday, August 18, 2025, issued a stern warning to corrupt Members of Parliament, warning that members culpable of giving or receiving bribes tied to legislative processes would be arrested.

The president sent the pointed rebuke to the MPs on Monday, August 18, 2025, during the ODM and Kenya Kwanza parliamentary group meeting held in Karen, Nairobi.

During the revelation, Ruto accused a group of MPs of pocketing Ksh10 million to pass the Anti-Money Laundering Bill, a law with far-reaching consequences for financial regulation in Kenya.

Arrest them

“We are not going to shame them, we are going to arrest them. Whoever is giving and whoever is being given, we shall sort them out.

“Do you, for example, know that a few members of your committee collected Ksh10 million so that you can pass the law on anti-money laundering? Did you get the money?” Ruto said.

The president warned that the handful of legislators were tarnishing Parliament’s credibility by collecting money by invoking parliament’s name.

“Going forward, there are people who are destroying the credibility of Parliament, and they are collecting money in the name of Parliament, and some of the time or most of the time that money never gets to Parliament, it gets to a few people,” Ruto noted.