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I will approve water tight cases to avoid loss of funds, pledges Oduor

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Dorcas Agik Oduor,nominee for Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya before the Committee on Appointments at the Mini Chambers,County Hall,Nairobi . August 9th,2024 [Elvis Ogina ,Standard]

A string of losses in legal suits that have seen the government lose trillions of shillings on Friday confronted Dorcas Oduor as she stood on the cusp of history to be Kenya's first female Attorney General.

Oduor, who was being vetted for the AG position after her nomination by President William Ruto, was put to task by the National Assembly Committee on Appointments chaired by Speaker Moses Wetangula to explain how she was going to save the government and the country from suffering more defeats in court.

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