Taxpayers face Sh111bn hole in illegal State decisions

Government lawyer Paul Kihara Kariuki. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Taxpayers are staring at court awards amounting to Sh111.99 billion because of contract breaches, unlawful dismissals, human right violations and other legal disputes emanating from unlawful decisions made by government officers.

Ministries, departments, agencies and corporations were slapped with Sh10.8 billion more legal awards during the financial year ended June 2021 over Sh101.2 billion, which had accumulated in the prior year, an analysis of budget reports for the forthcoming year.

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