Kenya’s prime minister suspends 2 ministers over corruption scandals in their ministries
By APSunday, February 14, 2010
Kenyan prime minister suspends 2 ministers
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s prime minister says he has suspended two ministers to allow for investigations into corruption scandals that have plagued their ministries.
In a rare move by a Kenyan leader, Raila Odinga said Sunday he decided to suspend the ministers of agriculture and education for three months following audit reports.
A PricewaterhouseCoopers forensic audit report made public on Thursday showed Kenya wasted 2 billion shillings ($26.1 million) through corrupt deals made in a government program meant to provide subsidized maize for Kenya’s poor.
Fraud uncovered by government auditors in the government’s program to offer free primary education has seen Britain and U.S. suspend yet to be disbursed aid.
