President William Ruto has ordered the dismissal of state officials accused of improperly issuing licenses for the operation of a gas plant that caused an explosion in Embakasi.
Addressing the issue in Lugali on Saturday morning, Ruto blamed the incident on corruption, a lack of integrity, and greed among government officials who granted the operator’s license.
The President directed that the Ministry of Energy should ensure the people implicated in the matter vacates office with immediate effect and face charges for the offences committed.
He expressed concern that the people in government had issued the licenses for the business to be conducted in a residential area where Kenyans reside endangering their lives.
“I want to say for the avoidance of doubt, the government officials who issued licenses for gas installations in residential areas when it was very clear that it was the wrong thing to do, but because of incompetence and corruption they issued licenses,”
