Uhuru invites Githongo to summit on clean leadership

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Uhuru left for Lomé, Togo, to attend a special session of the Assembly of the Africa, Union on Maritime Security, Safety and Development / PSCU
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Uhuru left for Lomé, Togo, to attend a special session of the Assembly of the Africa, Union on Maritime Security, Safety and Development / PSCU

President Uhuru Kenyatta has invited anti-graft tzar John Githongo, Siaya Senator James Orengo and Budalang'i MP Ababu Namwamba to a State House summit.

He sent them a formal invitation for the Governance and Accountability Summit next Tuesday, through Chief of Staff and Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua.

"Please come prepared to effectively contribute in the interactive sessions that are integral part of the summit," the letter reads.

Guests will have breakfast at 6.15am for before the summit starts at 7am.

Among those who will attend the summit are National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale and Senate majority leader Kindiki Kithure.

Others are Senators Anyang' Nyong'o (Kisumu), Kipchumba Murkomen (Elgeyo Marakwet) and Boni Khalwale (Kakamega). Taita Taveta MP Naomi Shaban is also expected to attend..

Githongo, who is Inuka Trust CEO, shot to the limelight in 2004 when he exposed massive corruption involving government ministers in former President Mwai Kibaki's administration.

The Anglo Leasing scam involved contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly awarded to fictitious firms for items such as hi-tech passports.

Meanwhile, Kenyatta left the country this morning for Lome, Togo, to attend the African Union Extra-ordinary Summit on Maritime Security and Safety and Development in Africa.

The plane carrying the President and his delegation departed from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport shortly before 12am.

Deputy President William Ruto and Chief of Defence Forces Gen Samson Mwathethe led senior government officials in seeing off the President.

The aim of the Lomé Conference is to make maritime space the key driver of Africa's economic and social development.

The Heads of State and Government of the African Union member states will hold discussions with experts and leaders from the business world to establish a roadmap on Maritime Security in Africa.

Togo’s AU special summit will build on the results of the meetings held in Yaoundé (June 2013) and the Seychelles (February 2015).

They aim to put in place an African strategy for the protection of its seas and oceans, to provide peace, security and stability and to make African maritime space the key driver for sustainable economic development.

The African Union summit in Togo is aimed at adopting a binding charter on maritime security.

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