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POLITICS Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o. [David Njaaga, Standard] Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o and his embattled Wajir counterpart Mohamed Mohamud were on Friday put on the spot over expenditure of Covid-19 related funds. A Senate committee investigating the Sh4 billion scandal involving the 47 counties put the pair to task to shed light on audit queries raised by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu in a special audit report. In an earlier sitting, Prof Nyong’o was pressed to explain why his county banked conditional grants from the national government worth Sh159 million meant for Covid-19 mitigation measures together with money from other sources. ....
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THE STANDARD By Roselyne Obala | February 25th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Upper House got free legal representation from within its ranks. [AFP] Senate has kicked off a probe on the board of the State insurer over recruitment of its CEO Peter Kamunyo Gathege. Through clerk Jeremiah Nyegenye, Alexander Irungu Wanjiru has petitioned the House to investigate the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) board for acting in breach of the law. According to Dr Wanjiru, the recruitment of the agency’s boss and subsequent appointment in April 2020 should be revoked. “On March 20, 2020, the NHIF board held a special meeting on the recruitment of the CEO. It handpicked and appointed Dr Gathege as the new CEO without subjecting the appointment though a competitive process,” said Wanjiru in a petition read in the House by Speaker Ken Lusaka. ....