{"id":32554,"date":"2024-04-27T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/04\/27\/khalwale-joins-linturi-must-go-troop-blames-graft-on-weak-governance\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T11:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T11:03:00","slug":"khalwale-joins-linturi-must-go-troop-blames-graft-on-weak-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/khalwale-joins-linturi-must-go-troop-blames-graft-on-weak-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Khalwale joins \u2018Linturi Must Go\u2019 troop, blames graft on weak governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 27<\/strong> <strong>\u2014 Senate Majority Whip Boni Khalwale has jointed lawmakers rooting for the removal of Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi from office, blaming corruption on what he termed as weak governance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Khalwale asserted that the status quo has allowed corrupt and unfit individuals to occupy public offices, a factor that has greatly disadvantaged Kenyans owing to scandals such as the substandard fertilizer saga at the centre of Linturi\u2019s woes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThere must be something fundamentally wrong with our government system because it is that wrong governance system that allows people who are saboteurs and conmen to distribute these (fertilizer) to members of the public,\u201d Khalwale said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Kakamega Senator called on Linturi\u2019s ouster for failing to manage the fertilizer subsidy programme.<\/p>\n<p>Khalwale\u2019s remarks came just days after Bumula Member of Parliament Jack Wamboka filed a notice of\u00a0motion\u00a0to\u00a0impeach\u00a0Linturi.<\/p>\n<p>The motion which is supported by 110 legislators cites gross violation of the constitution and criminal negligence under the Penal Code among grounds for Linturi\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n<p>In the motion filed on Thursday, Wamboka said Linturi failed to ensure effective oversight of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) through which the government rolled out the subsidy initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner accused Linturi of exposing farmers to fraudsters who have hoodwinked.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that the quest for the removal of the Cabinet Secretary is not political or a witch-hunt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI firmly believe that the gravity of these allegations demand swift and decisive action as elected representatives. It\u2019s our duty to hold public officers accountable and to safeguard the interests of the people that we serve,\u201d Wamboka noted.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 27 \u2014 Senate Majority Whip Boni Khalwale has jointed lawmakers rooting for the removal of Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi from office, blaming corruption on what he termed as weak governance. Khalwale asserted that the status quo has allowed corrupt and unfit individuals to occupy public offices, a factor that has greatly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}