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MPs vote to remove EACC bosses Mumo Matemu, Irene Keino

EACC Chair Mumo Matemu (right) and his deputy Irene Keino

Acrimony engulfed the National Assembly yesterday as 130 MPs against 52 voted to send home the chairman of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) Mumo Matemu and his deputy Irene Keino.

The legislators also asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to set up a tribunal on the matter. Three MPs abstained from voting.

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