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Kenya's Senate gets nod to summon governors

Nairobi, Kenya: The High Court has ruled that governors are accountable to the Senate on the use of monies allocated to counties.

A three-judge bench composed of Isaac Lenaola, Mumbi Ngugi and George Odunga ruled yesterday that governors, as the chief executive officers of the devolved units, can be summoned by the Senate when it is probing the use of funds allocated to their respective counties.

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