Mr Kosgey says he is stepping down to allow for the charges to be 'fully investigated' A Kenyan minister named by the International Criminal Court as one of six suspects accused of organising 2007-08 post-election violence has resigned over corruption allegations.
Industrialisation Minister Henry Kosgey says he is stepping down to allow for the charges to be "fully investigated".
He was questioned by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission in November over the import of second-hand vehicles.
Some 1,200 people died in the violence following the disputed 2007 poll.
Mr Kosgey's resignation comes a day after the attorney general gave the anti-corruption body permission to prosecute him for abuse of office.
Mr Kosgey, who is the chairman of Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement, faces eight charges of corruption.
Last month, the ICC prosecutor named Mr Kosgey among six Kenyans he accuses of being behind post-election violence.
His demise is the latest in a series of high-profile resignations over corruption charges, including those of another ICC suspect, William Ruto from the higher education ministry, and Moses Wetangula from the foreign ministry.
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