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Governors won’t question MCAs’ extravagance for fear of impeachment, says Isaac Ruto

Governors won’t question MCAs’ extravagance for fear of impeachment, says Isaac Ruto
Council of Governors Chairman Isaac Ruto.

Nairobi, Kenya: County governors, who will collectively oversee a whopping Sh226 billion this financial year alone, shockingly confessed they have lost control of Members of County Assemblies on a spending spree because they wield the frustrated allocation of more resources to development.

"The fear we have as governors and our executives is that we are potential targets by our MCAs who will simply impeach us if we question their expenditure," Ruto confessed to the Senate Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Tuesday.

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