Nairobi, July 5 -- The jobs and perks of 15 chief executive officers of State corporations are on the line as the government rolls out the first phase of its plan to dissolve non-viable parastatals and merge agencies with overlapping functions.

New Bills tabled in Parliament by Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah seek to dissolve six regional development authorities, triggering the redeployment of their chief executives to other government roles.

The agencies targeted for dissolution include the Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA), Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA), Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority (TARDA), and the Ewaso Ng'iro South River Basin Development Authority (ENSDA).

Others are the Ewaso Ng'iro North River ...