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Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]
From snubbing senators on Monday to keeping his camera off during a virtual sitting of a Senate committee, Murang'a Governor Mwangi wa Iria passes off as someone who doesn’t enjoy the company of lawmakers. That, or he doesn’t enjoy being in the hot seat.
When the Health team invited him to appear before them last week, they made it clear that he would sit at the spot dreaded by most public officers to answer questions on his county’s expenditure of Covid cash. This after Auditor General Nancy Gathungu raised a red flag.
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