Kenya: Puzzle of Kenya Pipeline's Sh61 Billion Expenditure

10 December 2018

As five Kenya Pipeline Company officials head to court today to answer to charges relating to the Sh1.9 billion Kisumu Oil Jetty scandal, detectives have shifted their focus to the Sh13.1 billion requested by Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter for the State corporation in 2016, increasing the money at the corporation's disposal to a whopping Sh61 billion.

The detectives want to unravel how KPC absorbed such a colossal amount of money within a year, especially since none other than National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich had raised doubts on the corporation's capacity to spend the extra cash -- but still went ahead and approved the funding.

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