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Kirinyaga Governor put to task over purchase of embassy

Former Charge D’Affairs at the Kenyan embassy in Tokyo Allan Waweru Mburu, former Deputy Director of Administration Anthony Mwaniki Muchiri and former Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Thuita Mwangi at the Milimani Law Courts Monday. [PHOTO: FIDELIS KABUNYI/ STANDARD]

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kirinyaga Governor Joseph Ndathi told a Nairobi court that he could only take responsibility for letters he drafted, signed and released over the purchase of the Tokyo embassy.

Ndathi, the then director of administration alleged that senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials took advantage of him as the chairman of the Ministerial Tender Committee (MTC) as he was new in the ministry and went ahead to purchase the Tokyo property.

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