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Raila Odinga : President Uhuru Kenyatta omitted name of high priest of graft

Kenya: Opposition leader Raila Odinga has termed President Uhuru Kenyatta's list of top officials accused of corruption and whom State House has pressed to leave office to pave way for investigations as a game of musical chairs.

Mr Raila, who jetted back after a two week-tour of Dubai, China and Germany claimed  the President was playing politics by deliberately omitting the name of someone he described as the "High Priest" of corruption. He wondered why the President had failed to sack those he had the power to get rid of in an apparent reference to Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries and instead admonishing those he had no power over.

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