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Governors face heat over jobs and nepotism

Governors Mohamud Ali (Marsabit), Mike Sonko (Nairobi), Charity Ngilu (Kitui) and Sospeter Ojaamong (Busia). [Hillary Orinde, Standard]

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is probing county governments suspected to have ballooned their wage bill through a combination of nepotism and illegal employment practices.

EACC detectives have now turned their focus on governors and their officers over bloated workforces following numerous complaints lodged against them over a hiring spree, burdening the taxpayers and using huge portions of their budgets on recurrent expenditure.

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