A footnote in a World Bank report dating back four decades inspired the mounting of fictitious dam construction projects in Elgeyo Marakwet to create avenues for the theft of billions of shillings in public funds.
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Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Alex Tolgos. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]
Efforts by Elgeyo Marakwet County executive to construct a governor’s official residence have flopped a second time, six years after a Sh56 million mansion was abandoned.
This is after the County Assembly rejected the latest attempt to build residences for the governor and two other houses for the deputy governor and assembly speaker at Sh115 million during this financial year.
Under the proposal that has been rejected, the Executive was to abandon the Sh56 million stalled official governor’s residence, which was constructed near the iconic Kamariny Stadium in Iten town.