[Boniface Okendo,Standard]A contractor is demanding Sh1.4 billion from the Ministry of Defence for failure to settle a pending bill of Sh73 million, which has accrued interest. The balance has since accrued interest and increased to Sh1.4 billion, with MPs questioning if some top officials could have deliberately delayed to settle the bill, to benefit from the accrued interest. The amount has risen to Sh1.4 billion on account of accrued interest,” said the PS. “Although the matter is currently in court, we are trying to negotiate and see if we can half the accrued interest,” said the PS. RELATED VIDEOS Department of defence assures the public that this year’s KDF recruitment will be free of corruptionShare this story

Source: Standard Digital July 15, 2021 18:37 UTC