Chapter Six of the Constitution provides for adherence to the highest standards of integrity, competence, and diligence by state officers.
The statement comes barely a day after the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) wrote to the Clerk of the National Assembly expressing reservations over the nomination of former Kakamega governor, Wycliffe Oparanya, to the Cabinet.
The United States government has urged Parliament to reject any Cabinet Secretary nominees with integrity questions.
The US through its Embassy made the statement on a day the National Assembly kicked off the vetting of President William Ruto’s nominees to the Cabinet. Dr Ruto was forced by the protesting youths to dissolve his Cabinet over alleged corruption, incompetence, and arrogance.
