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A bold Uhuru would have reshaped public service

President Uhuru Kenyatta past Deputy President William Ruto during the Mashujaa Day 2021 at Wanguru stadium,Kirinyaga county. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

A common excuse top public servants make for their fatal mistakes is: “I was never briefed.” The trend has been junior officers get sacrificed when sins of omission and commission come to bear on their bosses. We’ve seen this in many grand rip-offs, where top guns who should take responsibility wash their hands off, proclaim innocence and ‘catwalk’ into being State witnesses.   

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