Silent war in Cabinet as war against graft bites

Newly appointed EAC Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed when he, as Trade and and Industrialisation SC, he appeared before The National Assembly Agriculture and Trade Joint Committees at County Hall, Nairobi, to answer questions about excessive sugar imports and their quality. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

The renewed purge against corruption has sparked off a cold war within the Cabinet, as Cabinet Secretaries engage in a blame game that was not common in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s first term in office.

The infighting is evident, as Cabinet Secretaries have openly – though at times in diplomatic language – blamed each other in recent investigations touching on contaminated sugar, Ruaraka land, maize scandal and influx of counterfeit goods.