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Governor Sonko suspends 30 procurement staff over graft

Nairobi County Governor Mike Sonko during a recent city clean-up exercise. He has said he is committed to seal all the corruption loopholes. [File, Standard]

In what appears to be a serious purge against graft, Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has sent 30 county procurement staff on forced leave.

They are accused of inflating and issuing Local Purchase (LPO) and Service Orders (LSO) without the requisite approval by the governor.

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