Kenya: Ministers Quit Over Corruption Allegations

Nairobi — Ministers Kiraitu Murungi and Prof George Saitoti are finally out of the Cabinet following unrelenting pressure on President Kibaki to sack ministers implicated in corruption.

Kibaki announced in a live television address to the nation on Monday night that he had accepted the resignations of the two to pave way for investigations into the 16-year-old Goldenberg scandal and the Anglo Leasing affair whose details are still emerging.

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