Kenya's president reshuffles Cabinet after graft allegations

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NAIROBI, Kenya, Safar 13, 1437, November 25, 2015, SPA -- Kenya's president reshuffled his Cabinet Tuesday to replace five ministers who are being investigated for graft and one who resigned over the weekend after being accused of corruption, AP reported. President Uhuru Kenyatta replaced ministers for transport and infrastructure, agriculture, energy and petroleum, and lands and labor, who vacated office in March to allow for the investigation on graft allegations that implicates them. The former Planning and Devolution Minister Anne Waiguru resigned Saturday citing health reasons after she was accused of corruption. Kenyatta said an objective of the reshuffle is to ensure the accountability of public officials in the discharge of their mandate. Kenyatta's nearly 3-year-old regime has come under heavy criticism for inaction against graft which American Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec earlier this month described as a crisis. Kenyatta declared corruption a national security threat Monday and presented a raft of measures to fight the graft that is endemic in East Africa's largest economy. --SPA 02:59 LOCAL TIME 23:59 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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