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Business structures demolished by the Kenya National Highways Authority on February 27, 2018 in Mtwapa, Kilifi County, to pave way for road expansion. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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- Mr Ouko also pointed out that the authority failed to observe procurement laws by reverting to restricted tendering.
The management of the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) on Thursday failed to explain to MPs how it spent more than Sh6.4 billion on various road projects across the country.
Auditor-General Edward Ouko, in his report tabled in Parliament last week, raised the red flag that the public could lose billions of shillings to the authority.
Eng Peter Mundinia, KeNHA director general, could also not explain to MPs on the millions of shillings spent by the authority to clear road reserves and yet nothing was done on the cleared reserves.
Mr Ouko also pointed out that the authority failed to observe procurement laws by reverting to restricted tendering instead of open tendering in some instances.
What angered MPs most is that the agency's management rushed to buy media space in newspapers last week in a bid to absolve themselves from the queries raised by the Auditor-General.
Committee chairman Abdulswamad Nassir warned heads of Parastatals against buying media space to absolve themselves from financial queries raised by the Auditor-General in his reports.
