Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to speed up lifestyle audit.
Addressing the press outside his office on Wednesday, Mutua lamented the conspicuous silence that has surrounded the topic which was highly hyped in past months.
“I am urging Kenyatta to ensure that the lifestyle audits are done. We started well as a country by calling for lifestyle audits but we no longer hear of [them],” Mutua said.
“Some prominent people have transferred their stolen title deeds to their house helps so that their family members do not get traced to the properties,” he said.
Mutua, however, warned that the proposed audit should focus on corruption eradication rather than a political witch hunt.
The governor further added that he was pleased with the Director of Public Prosecutions' clearance, after initial accusations that he had bought vehicles irregularly for his cabinet.
“We saved the county a lot of money. It is important that the investigative organs are left to do their work. We spent only Sh35 million out of Sh140 million that had been allocated,” Mutua said.
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