Uhuru tells officers named in EACC report to step aside

Faced with calls to tame graft in the Civil Service, President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday made the boldest step by directing all government officials named in a corruption dossier that he tabled in Parliament to step aside, pending the conclusion of investigations into the claims.

Of late, Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries have been publicly named in cases that touched on their integrity.