Kenya: Murkomen Links Dams Arrests to Succession Politics

Nairobi — Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has protested the arrest of Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and other top government officials over the Sh63 billion Arror and Kimawarer dams' scandal, saying it is linked to the vicious succession politics.

Speaking outside the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Headquarters in Nairobi, Murkomen, a key ally of Deputy President William Ruto, dismissed the whole investigation as a 'public relations' aimed at hoodwinking Kenyans.

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