Mrs Charity Ngilu, the Lands Cabinet Secretary suspended over corruption allegations, has hinted at not rejoining the government.
The CS, who was suspended alongside four of her colleagues in late March, is said to have communicated her decision to close confidants. She says she wants to user her time to strategise for 2017, according to a report in the Star newspaper.
Mrs Ngilu is also said to have made similar comments on Wednesday while on an impromptu visit to her Kamba regional radio station, Mbaitu FM. “She has told presenters to expect to see her more often at the station as she is not likely to go back to Cabinet,” a source, who requested not to be named, told the Star.
Ms Ngilu and her colleagues were asked by President Uhuru Kenyatta to step aside for having been adversely mentioned in a report prepared by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. The President is expected to make a decision on the Cabinet Secretaries next week.
On Monday, Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko said that the investigations by the EACC into the five Cabinet Secretaries were almost done. Ngilu, who was grilled by the EACC for a whole day in April, is accused of asking for a Ksh65 million kickback from farm owner Evanson Waitiki.
She allegedly instructed valuers from her ministry to inflate the value of Waitiki’s 930 acres, number Mombasa/MN/1/397, by Ksh110 million. The land is located in Likoni and is currently valued at Sh9.3 billion.
(THE STAR)
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