Kenyan Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi is facing calls for resignation and potential impeachment due to allegations of breaching Article 153 (2) of the constitution and involvement in a scandal concerning the distribution of fake fertilizer through a government subsidy program managed by NCPB. The controversy has elicited strong reactions from various MPs, with some defending Linturi, arguing that the issues predate his tenure and were addressed during his vetting process. Others, however, highlight the severity of the allegations, comparing the potential fallout to the Golden Berg scandal. The motion for Linturi's ouster was approved by Wetang'ula, and debates in parliament have underscored the deep divisions on how to handle the accusations and Linturi's accountability, with calls for action from President Ruto.
Kenyan politicians are demanding the dismissal of the nation’s agriculture secretary after government agencies distributed fake fertilizer through a subsidy program https://t.co/v1KNBlbl2L
Kenyan politicians are demanding the dismissal of the nation’s agriculture secretary after government agencies distributed fake fertilizer through a subsidy program https://t.co/VJKGOxDV64
CS Linturi should have resigned by now: Opiyo Wandayi | Linturi impeachment bid https://t.co/je5vXL7cAY https://t.co/D82NPVF6Si
MP Wanami Wamboka: This is not the first scandal that has fallen at the feet of this minister, we had contaminated sugar released for public consumption for crying out loud! For how long do you want the members of the public to suffer so that as a House we act? https://t.co/eTO9YHG1el
Nominated MP Sabina Chege: The agriculture committee should be given time to do investigations and bring a proper report on what happened because we have crooks as businessmen. CS Mithika Linturi is not responsible for the fake fertiliser scam; someone else is https://t.co/9CQVPIIxNi
MP Sabina Chege: The agriculture committee should be given time to do investigations and bring a proper report on what happened because we have crooks as businessmen. CS Mithika Linturi is not responsible for the fake fertiliser scam; someone else is https://t.co/pguvLZ8hxr
Opiyo Wandayi: CS Linturi cannot feign ignorance over supply of fake fertiliser to Kenyans https://t.co/2Macar1XAK
MP Kimani Ichung'wa: I find this motion a decoy to make sure that the people who are culpable are hidden by derailing the agriculture committee from doing investigations. I plead with this house to oppose the motion because it will derail the fight against corruption https://t.co/wLJrEERPhe
Hon Linturi has served in the Ministry of Agriculture for about two years. We’ve not had any major transformative ideas from Hon Linturi to make agriculture grow given that it’s the backbone of our country…our agriculture sector has faced a serious down turn and it’s time the… https://t.co/HNt0Mq02oc
MP Daniel Manduku: CS Mithika Linturi is the face of incompetence https://t.co/UkCUpdPVky
Hon Wamboka has failed to show us the nexus between the allegation that he was speaking about and the person he seeks to remove from office. He has alluded to issues touching on procurement and distribution of fertiliser by NCPB. He knows that parastatals are semi-autonomous of… https://t.co/QNAdkzA6zI
MP Kimani Ichung'wa: I oppose this motion to impeach CS Mithika Linturi. We cannot use gossip columns from the newspaper to impeach https://t.co/PSQCme8n1R
MP John Mbadi: If CS Linturi can be ignorant about what is happening at NCPB, what else is he being ignorant about? https://t.co/CqszQXRXQs
Opiyo Wandayi: Honourable Linturi, by now, should have resigned https://t.co/j5R83gFlP4
MP Opiyo Wandayi: The appointing authority and the CS would have saved the time of this house and the country by doing what is necessary, by now CS Linturi should have voluntarily resigned. Failure to do so, the appointing authority who is President Ruto should have fired him https://t.co/UdNFpZtmzR
A motion of impeachment such as this one is indeed a tool of the last resort; all over the world…The appointing authority and Honourable Linturi could have saved the time of this House and this country by doing what is necessary. Honourable Linturi, by now, should have resigned:… https://t.co/denhzLfIRJ
MP Opiyo Wandayi: What we are being told about this fertilizer scandal is just the tip of the iceberg, when the full extent of this scandal is exposed, it will be worse than the Golden Berg scandal. If this house allows CS Linturi to go scot-free, in the fullness of time, each… https://t.co/thoxgzgBY1
MP George Murugara: I urge Parliament to reject this motion for being in contravention of the statute. The offences we have here are all on allegations of having approved certain contacts and disbursement begging the question, can a cabinet secretary be held responsible for… https://t.co/0EGZfq2K3n
MP Owen Mbaya: Some of the acts that are being alleged to have been committed by CS Linturi refer to matters that were before he became a cabinet secretary. These matters were dealt with at the point when Parliament vetted him and the standing order is that if a matter has been… https://t.co/7oamofVXkn
Wetang'ula approves Motion seeking CS Linturi's ouster https://t.co/rjsn7kXau5
Mr Linturi is being accused of breaching Article 153 (2) of the constitution by failing to be accountable both individually and collectively to the president in the performance of his functions. https://t.co/rjsn7kXIjD