Auditor queries missing Sh21bn China loan contract for fibre

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Workers lay fibre-optic cable in Nyeri town on August 18, 2020. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The Auditor-General has unearthed irregularities in the financing and hiring of contractors for a State-owned fibre optic network, including missing loan agreements for a Sh21 billion debt from a Chinese lender.

The public auditor says it’s difficult to ascertain the cost of the multibillion-shilling National Optic Fibre Backbone Infrastructure (Nofbi) due to absent loan agreements, lack of assets registry and missing records of the billions paid to the contractors.

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