Cabinet Wrangles Surface Over Imported Car Directives
Motorists on a Colossal Traffic Jam Along Busy Uhuru Highway in Nairobi
Simon Kiragu
Kenyans.co.ke
President Uhuru Kenyatta s name was dragged into a Cabinet row over imported car directives and management of the National Standards Council (NSC) under the Kenya Bureau of Standards.
Trade CS Betty Maina barred KEBS directors from holding board meetings and accused his Agriculture colleague Peter Munya of insubordination. The row at KEBS involves the vehicle inspection contracts, tenders awarded to companies to inspect imported used cars and spare parts.
CS Maina s effort to suspend Bernard Ngore as the chairperson of the National Standards Council (NSC) was overturned by the courts. The CS was seeking to direct the vehicle inspection contracts which were a monopoly under the Trade Ministry.