Senators: Governors in EACC Report Must Step Aside

Keter questioned why the governors mentioned in the report were afraid of stepping aside, adding that no one will be spared when it comes to the war on corruption.

This comes just a few days after President Uhuru Kenyatta issued a directive during his 'State of the Nation' address at Parliament Buildings on Thursday  to several high ranking officials in the national government, county governments and state parastatals implicated in graft to resign pending investigations.

GOVERNORS IMPLICATED IN REPORT

Some of the Governors implicated in the report include Isaac Ruto, Bomet, Evans Kidero, Nairobi, Alfred Mutua, Machakos, Cyrian Awiti, Homabay, Peter Munya, Meru and Hassan Joho, Mombasa County.

Senators James Orengo, Siaya and  Johnstone Muthama,Machakos are the only members of the upper house in the list while MPs Richard Onyonka, Kitutu Chache  South, Jimmy Angwenyi,Kitutu Chache  North, Alfred Keter, Nandi Hills, John Serut, Mt Elgon and Sanjeev Birdi,Nominated, URP have also featured prominently.

Principal Secretaries Mutea Iringo, Defence, Francis Kimemia, Secretary to the Cabinet and Geothermal Development Corporation MD Silas Simiyu were also asked to step aside after being named in the EACC graft report which was tabled in Parliament.

By Wangui Ngechu