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Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua alleges witch-hunt over political stand, vows to soldier on

By Sophiah Muthoni | Jul. 4, 2014

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua (centre) flanked by other leaders from the county address the Press at a Nairobi hotel, Thursday. Dr Mutua said he was being targeted over his dissenting political stand with CORD leaders. [PHOTO: COLLINS KWEYU/STANDARD]

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua says different commissions and agencies including the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) are out to intimidate him after he declared that he would not be involved in political rallies.

In a Press statement, Dr Mutua said the intimidating tactics were also geared towards slowing down his development programme for Machakos.

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