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Kenya to pay China firm billions for undone JKIA Greenfield job Thursday July 29 2021 Terminal 1A at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi. The Greenfield terminal was to handle 20 million passengers or three times the existing capacity. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG By GERALD ANDAE Summary The talks mark a reversal from Kenya’s earlier position that the Chinese firm should refund Sh4 billion downpayment for the project that never took off. The government has since 2016, when the JKIA contract was cancelled, argued that no work was done at the airport despite Catic receiving money from the State. Kenya has opened compensation talks with a Chinese firm whose contract to build the second terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was cancelled amid fears a standoff could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of shillings. ....
Treasury cuts AG pay allocation by a third Monday May 10 2021 Attorney-General Paul Kihara Kariuki speaks on August 10, 2018 during the Law Society of Kenya annual conference. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NATION MEDIA GROUP By JOHN MUTUA Summary The Attorney-General’s pay has been slashed by a third, the second cut in two years that followed the exit of Githu Muigai who was the best paid public servant. The Treasury documents indicate that the allocation for AG’s basic salary and allowances will fall from the current Sh27.24 million a year to Sh17.9 million in the year starting July, reflecting a 34 percent drop. ....
Thugge disowns Rotich in Sh63billion dams scandal Wednesday January 13 2021 By SAM KIPLAGAT Summary Former Treasury Principal Secretary (PS) Kamau Thugge has opted to be a State witness in the Sh63 billion Arror-Kimwarer dams scandal case, turning the heat on his former boss Henry Rotich. Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Mr Haji withdrew charges against Dr Thugge Tuesday, saying the former PS would become a State witness. Former Treasury Principal Secretary (PS) Kamau Thugge has opted to be a State witness in the Sh63 billion Arror-Kimwarer dams scandal case, turning the heat on his former boss Henry Rotich. Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Mr Haji withdrew charges against Dr Thugge Tuesday, saying the former PS would become a State witness in the case in which they were among people accused of jointly conspiring to defraud the government of $501,829,769 (Sh55.04 billion) by entering into a deal to construct the two dams in Elgeyo-Marakw ....