Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Kenya FM Steps Aside in Property Scandal VOA News 27 October 2010 Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula quit his Cabinet post to allow investigations into allegations of a multimillion dollar scandal involving five Kenyan embassies in Africa, Europe and As Photo: AP Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula quit his Cabinet post to allow investigations into allegations of a multimillion dollar scandal involving five Kenyan embassies in Africa, Europe and Asia 27 Oct 2010. Kenya's foreign minister says he is stepping aside so investigators can examine a foreign property scandal involving his ministry. Moses Wetangula told reporters Wednesday that he will temporarily leave his post to make room for the investigation. The foreign minister said he is innocent of any wrongdoing.  Earlier Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Thuita Mwangi also stepped aside because of the scandal. Lawmakers are debating a report that says foreign ministry officials cost Kenya millions of dollars in questionable property deals involving the country's embassies. The report called for both officials to stand trial on corruption charges. Kenya has been plagued by widespread corruption despite repeated government vows to deal with the problem. Corruption watchdog Transparency International ranked Kenya 154th out of 180 countries in its 2010 corruption perceptions index, released Tuesday. Last week, President Mwai Kibaki suspended his higher education minister, William Ruto, after the nation's high court said Ruto should stand trial for fraud. Some information for this report was provided by Reuters. .