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Senators grill Kitui Governor Julius Malombe over suspect expenditures

Kitui Governor Julius Malombe addresses a congregation at the Ikumbulutini AIC in Lower Yatta District in Kitui Rural constituency on March 20, 2016. He was yesterday grilled by senators on claims of flouting finance laws. (PHOTO: PAUL MUTUA/ STANDARD)

Kitui Governor Julius Malombe was yesterday grilled by senators on claims of flouting finance laws.

The governor, who appeared before the Senate Public Accounts and Investment Committee to answer to 2013/2014 audit queries, was at pains to explain why his government used revenue collected at source instead of banking the same in the county revenue fund as required in law.

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