Probe commission hears of tree planting saga

Makueni County Assembly Majority Leader Francis Mutuku being helped by a clerk during commission proceedings to probe a petition to dissolve the county. He linked deputy governor Adelina Mwau to the tree saga. [PHOTO: PHILIP MUASYA/STANDARD]

A witness at the commission probing a petition to dissolve the county government sought to link Makueni deputy governor Adelina Mwau to a controversial tree planting project that gobbled up millions of public funds.

Makueni Assembly Majority Leader Francis Mutuku yesterday linked Ms Mwau to the tree planting saga for which members of county assemblies (MCAs) claimed public funds were lost as there was little to show on the ground.