State should stop culture of transferring underperfoming officials
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki (centre) speaks after visiting the mass-grave site in Shakahola, outside the coastal town of Malindi, on April 25, 2023.
Incompetence • A uniquely Kenyan style, Carey Yiembe notes, is that when government officials fail to perform their duties, as happened in the Shakahola Forest cult deaths, they are transferred to “facilitate investigations”. He poses: “What guarantee is there that similar incidents will not recur wherever they are posted to? Can the Interior CS enlighten us on this?” His contact is [email protected].
