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Conflict of interest law will promote integrity

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s lawyers Cecil Miller, George Kithi, Mutula Junior and Kipchumba Murkomen at a Milimani court during Sonko’s bail and bond ruling. [File, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta touched a raw nerve when he directed the Attorney General to come up a Conflict of Interest Bill.

The Bill is meant to address numerous instances in which State and public officers find themselves in the middle of conflict of interest, without any regard to the dictates of Chapter Six of the Constitution on Leadership and Integrity.

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