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Chief Executive Officer, Council of Governors Mary Mwiti addresses the 47 Governors during the Governors and Deputy Governors induction in Mombasa County. [Standard]
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's latest message to the newly elected 47 governors will sound like good music to them. He has assured them that they will not be subjected to humiliation and arbitrary arrests by junior investigative officers.
In the past, overzealous Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers have been known to threaten governors with investigations and all manner of accusations regarding misuse of county resources. Indeed, several governors reportedly had to part with cash or other favours to some of the officers so as to escape financial scrutiny.
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