Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Kenyan FM resigns over

The Kenyan finance minister, Amos Kimunya, on Tuesday announced he had tendered his resignation from the government over suspicion of corruption in the sale of a luxury Nairobi hotel. Speaking to reporters in Nairobi, the minister said he was pulling out of the cabinet to allow for an investigation into his role in the sale of the Grand Regency hotel last month. ‘I have requested his excellence the president to be allowed to step aside to facilitate this enquiry,’ Kimunya said at a press conference. ‘I have had several conversations with the president on the issue of the disposal of the Grand Regency hotel.

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