Lobbying saves transferred Kenyan principal secretaries, ministers from fresh vetting

National Assembly Speaker Justine Muturi speaks at Friends Church Buruburu during a fundraising where he was the guest of honor 15/11/15 [PHOTO/MOSES OMUSULA/STANDARD]

A fiery legal opinion from Attorney General Githu Muigai, a personal visit to the Speaker by Solicitor General Njee Muturi and dozens of late-night phone calls to Majority Leader Aden Duale, saved transferred ministers and principal secretaries from fresh vetting.

In candid interviews with Jubilee-allied MPs —all done on condition of anonymity— The Standard on Sunday has pieced together details of the official and political effort whose main aim was to shield the President from possible embarrassment.