Speaking at a stop-over in Juja after attending the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology on Friday, President Kenyatta said governors under investigation by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) should step aside so as not to interfere with the process of either vindicating or damning them.
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He said they should not hide behind the fact that they are elected officials and it is more for this reason that they should be held to account.
“No one is exempt. If you have been named, step aside and if you’re cleared of wrongdoing, you’ll go back to work. If not, you must face the music because even the money that goes to county governments comes from public coffers and you must realise that the office you hold wasn’t meant to benefit you and your family,” he said.
He added that county governments weren’t established to go on bench marking tours but to bring public services closer to the citizen.
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