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Suspended EACC Vice Chair Irene Keino resigns

Suspended EACC vice chairperson Irene Keino said she resigned to spare her family the anguish of going through a judicial process. (Photo:File/Standard)

Suspended Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) Vice Chairperson Irene Keino resigned Thursday hours after members of a tribunal to probe her and suspended chairman Mumo Matemu were sworn in.

Ms Keino tendered her resignation in a letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta, saying she did so to spare her family the anguish of a judicial process that will cause them unimaginable pain "and to lend my support in the fight against corruption".

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