Kenyan finance minister offers to step aside (at Reuters)

NAIROBI, July 8 (Reuters) - Kenya's finance minister said on Tuesday he had asked the president to allow him to "step aside" during an investigation into the controversial sale of a luxury hotel that split the country's coalition cabinet. "I have requested the president to allow me to step aside to facilitate this inquiry," Finance Minister Amos Kimunya told reporters. He said his conscience was "very clear" on the role played by the... [read full story]