Kenya: It Is High Time the Cabinet Secretaries Were Held Accountable By Parliament

30 August 2014
editorial

It was most definitely a step in the right direction, when parliament adopted a resolution creating a committee of general oversight, which will meet every Tuesday morning, and to which Cabinet Secretaries will be summoned.

For although Kenyans voted for a new constitution which allowed the president to create an "Americanstyle technocratic cabinet" and entrenched separation or powers, this has so far not worked too well.

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