CS Wahome Suspends Board, Threatens to Fire Entire Govt Boards in Latest Crackdown
Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome on Wednesday vowed to crack down on corrupt land board members starting with the Ngong Land Board.
Appearing before the Senate plenary, the CS responded to a question by Nyamira Senator Okong’o Omogeni on corruption in the ministry, especially the Land control boards.
The senator revealed that most Kenyans doing transactions for land sales are forced to pay between Ksh20,000 and Ksh30,000 before the land control board can issue them with the concept to either charge or transfer.
The senator further highlighted that the members of the boards do not issue receipts for this extra cash they charge.
The CS, however, revealed that the Ministry handling the matter to ensure that it curbs the prevalent corruption within boards.
Let them hear me on the floor of this plenary. If anybody is caught soliciting money as a member of the land board, the entire board will have to go,” the CS revealed.
According to the CS, the members normally get the ‘allowance’ but they should not confuse it as payments.
As a strategy To counter the problem, the CS assured the Senate that she would withdraw the right to hold a special board for the Ngong Land Board.
She also assured that she would send a circular to all land boards informing them of an upcoming program.
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