MPs want accounts frozen over sleaze

Bomet governor Isaac Ruto. Mr Ruto has said the President and his deputy had no mandate to force elected leaders to step down. FILE PHOTO | TONNY OMONDI |

What you need to know:

  • The lawmakers asked Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto to step aside over corruption allegations.
  • But Mr Ruto said the President and his deputy had no mandate to force elected leaders to step down.

Four legislators have asked the national government to freeze the accounts of counties whose governors’ have been named in an anti-corruption report.

National Assembly Deputy Speaker Joyce Laboso, Senator Wilfred Lesan, MPs Ronald Tonui (Bomet Central) and Sammy Koech (Konoin) made the request on Sunday at Kebumbur Secondary School in Konoin in Bomet County during a fundraising event.

The lawmakers asked Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto to step aside over corruption allegations.

But speaking in Trans Mara, Mr Ruto said the President and his deputy had no mandate to force elected leaders to step down.