Former President Uhuru Kenyatta giving tribute to Fomer Education CS Prof George Magoha during hid burial in Gem Siaya county on February 11, 2023. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Policies and declarations made under former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime have now returned to haunt parastatals and State corporations, years later.

Public institutions that were beneficiaries of the former Head of State's benevolence and subject to his ‘roadside’ declarations have found themselves at the centre of scrutiny from public watchdog committees in Parliament.

Bound by the actions of their predecessors, officials at the helm of these public institutions are now confronted by audit queries stemming from prior years and which threaten to have them censured.

Moi University and the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) are such institutions that are currently feeling the heat and have had to defend themselves before separate teams at the National Assembly.

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