Kenya: Trouble At EACC Over Proposed Changes

TROUBLE is brewing at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission over what appears to be attempts by Parliament to create two centres of power within the agency.

The Star has established that through an amendment spearheaded by Majority Leader Aden Duale, EACC will lose the powers to fire the commission's CEO. Instead, the National Assembly shall have the final say to fire the CEO.

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