DPP Noordin Haji has said governors charged with graft and other major offences should not be allowed back in office until they are acquitted. It’s frustrating to charge governors and hard to convict, despite the outcry that counties are the new bastions of graft, the DPP said. Haji said unlike top national officers, governors resume office once charged. “In my opinion, Section 62 is unconstitutional by trying to differentiate state officers from public officers. Since taking office, Haji has charged only one governor with graft, Busia’s Sospeter Ojaamong.

Source: The Star December 21, 2018 05:05 UTC