In its recommendation, the team led by embattled ODM Secretary-General Ababu Namwamba, criticised the President for issuing verbal instructions to his deputy, Mr William Ruto, directing him to travel to four countries at short notice barely a month after they won the 2013 presidential election.

As a result of the directive, which the President gave while attending a World Economic Forum meeting in South Africa, staff at Mr Ruto’s office scrambled to hire a jet in less than a week to ensure that Mr Ruto travelled to Congo Brazzaville, Ghana, Nigeria and Gabon between May 16 and 19.