Nairobi, March 15 -- The irregular hiring of journalist Jacque Maribe by Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has exposed how top government officials continue to abuse their privileged positions to recruit cronies.

Mr Kuria on Sunday told Nation that Ms Maribe had been employed by the Public Service Commission (PSC) to serve as head of communication in his ministry, an assertion PSC chairperson Antony Muchiri denied Thursday morning, lifting the lid on possible irregular mass hiring in the ministries.

The latest circus in hiring in top government offices is just the tip of the iceberg going by details contained in a report by the PSC on how Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, and a host ...