Kiraitu Murungi suspends top Meru County staff in readiness for audit

Kiraitu Murungi took over as the governor of Meru County on August 18. He has called for a thorough audit of the county resources. Photo: Darlington Manyara, Standard

Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi has sent on indefinite leave all top officials to pave way for a human resource and financial audit.

Those targeted by Kiraitu are the acting County Secretary James Mutia, 10 County Executive Committee Members otherwise called CECMs and all departmental Chief Officers (CO) who are equivalent of the Principal Secretaries in the national government.