Senator Kipchumba Murkomen, in whose county the two projects are located, accused the DCI of 'fighting political wars'. Mr Rotich said that up to Sh19.8 billion had been paid to different firms in the two projects on various dates as at the end of last year. Both are 15 per cent of the contract sum of Sh28.5 billion for Arror, and Sh23.1 billion for Kimwarer. In an attempt to defend the Treasury from accusations of overseeing a bad deal, Mr Rotich said the payments came from a loan acquired for the dams, and not the Exchequer. “The role of the National Treasury is confined to mobilising resources to finance government projects,” said Mr Rotich.

Source: Daily Nation March 04, 2019 09:22 UTC