Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i and Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang got a reprieve yesterday after the Senate failed to adopt a report on the possible loss of Sh1.5 billion through acquisition of a controversial piece of land in Ruaraka.
However, after the vote, five senators claimed their colleagues had been influenced to defeat the report prepared by the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee.
Senators James Orengo (Siaya), Moses Kajwang’ (Homa Bay), Ledama ole Kina (Narok), Boniface Kabaka (Machakos) and Johnes Mwaruma (Taita-Taveta) termed the vote a setback in the fight against corruption.
The senators, who addressed journalists at Parliament Buildings, however said all is not lost and challenged the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, Directorate of Criminal Investigations and Director of Public Prosecutions to take up the matter.
[Article source: The Daily Nation, by David Mwere]
