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I will not resign, says EACC Chairman Philip Kinisu over NYS deals

EACC chair Philip Kinisu

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) chair Philip Kinisu Tuesday came out to fight conflict of interest claims after it merged that a company he owns, and run by his wife, was doing business with National Youth Service (NYS) at the time the Sh791million was lost from the agency.

His firm, Esaki Limited, received Sh35 million for a tender it won in February 2014 to supply materials to dig boreholes in Kapenguria at the height of the scam at NYS

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