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Uhuru takes anti-graft crusade to counties

President Uhuru Kenyatta, CORD leader Raila Odinga and Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru join county governors in a commemoration picture during the Second Devolution Conference in Kisumu. [PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD]

Kisumu, Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday took his anti-corruption drive to the counties with a special plea to governors to weed out corruption from their governments.

Speaking during the official opening of the Second Devolution Conference in Kisumu, Uhuru warned that corruption was undermining the devolution promise, and asked county governments to take advantage of their infancy to start on a clean slate.

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