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Uhuru’s plan to appoint new EACC commissioners faces legal hitch

Attorney General Githu Muigai

The hiring of new Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commissioners and its chairperson may be derailed by a new bill that seeks to amend the EACC Act.

The proposed law seeks to increase the number of commissioners to five who will serve on a part-time basis, and the move is aimed at ensuring the EACC secretariat has more powers than the commissioners. President Uhuru Kenyatta had kick-started the process of replacing Matemu Mumo, Irene Keino and Jane Onsongo who all resigned, but the EACC (Amendment) Bill may halt the process.

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