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1,000 senior Government officials sent on leave

President Uhuru Kenyatta [Beverlyne Musili, Standard]

More than 1,000 procurement and accounts chiefs across Government were sent home yesterday as President Uhuru Kenyatta escalated the staff purge to tackle corruption in public service.

Yesterday's drastic action followed his declaration on Madaraka Day that the vetting process for top officials would include lie detector tests as well as prosecutions already underway to cleanse his administration of corruption. 

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