President Uhuru Kenyatta issues cheque to Kisii IDPs. [Photo/Standard Digital]
Barely a week after President Uhuru Kenyatta awarded Kisii county IDP millions in compensation, the government has move in to temporarily suspend the exercise.
The move was taken after claims emerged that politicians and coordinators in the region were awarding the money to different people who were not in the initial IDP list.
Addressing more than 10,000 IDPs at Gusii stadium Tuesday morning, Kisii County Commissioner Mr Samuel Njora called on Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) to immediately stop making the payments until the names are properly vetted by government officers
"Everybody should move back to his/her sub county headquarters and get further clarification from their Assistant County Commissioners. Some people included the names of their relative thinking that the government will not verify the list," says Mr Njora.
"We will not allow cartels to take over government processes. Those who ferried fake individuals here should take them back," he added.
Njora explains the list will be made before the payments are made as from Thursday this