Kenyan Interior Minister George Saitoti was appointed today acting foreign minister. This nomination comes a day after Moses Wetangula's resignation over corruption allegations.
According to a state house statement, "President Mwai Kibaki has today appointed Professor George Saitoti as the acting minister for foreign affairs".
George Saitoti is a former vice president. Born in 1945, he is a mathematician and a politician involved in many governement since 1983.
On August 30, 2002, he was dismissed as Vice-President by President Daniel arap Moi for "disloyalty". He was also removed from his post as Vice-Chairman of the Kenyan African National Union (KANU), then the main party in the country.
AFP stated that he will also continue to serve as the interior minister, the statement said.
Wetangula, a member of President Kibaki's party, resigned as foreign minister on Wednesday amid corruption allegations over the purchase of embassy land in Japan and other countries.
Saitoti has expressed his desire to run for the Kenyan Presidency in 2012.
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