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Purge did little to restore sagging public confidence amid scandals

Friday’s mini-reshuffle was an anti-climax in many ways. If anything, it caused more cynicism that President Uhuru Kenyatta and his minders were less keen to address pressing issues of integrity and sound governance dogging his government.

Besides the co-opting of renowned medical scholar, the no-nonsense chairman of the Kenya National Examination Council George Magoha, what the president did easily passes as a game of musical chairs.

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