Puzzle of extra Sh1.1bn in State pay to French contractors

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An artistic impression of Nairobi to Mau summit toll road. 

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Two State documents have provided differing amounts as the compensation offered to a consortium of French contractors who were ousted from a mega highway expansion project, with the figures diverging by Sh1.1 billion.

Disclosures by the Treasury’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) Directorate shows that Kenya paid Sh7.315 billion to the firms that had been awarded the deal to build the 233-kilometre highway.

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