MPs Probe Sh844mn JOOUST Hostel Project Over Contract Variations and Payment Discrepancies
The Kenyan National Assembly has ordered an investigation into a Sh844 million student hostel project at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University. Lawmakers are scrutinizing unexplained contract variations and missing documentation regarding the facility's construction.
Why it matters
It highlights potential corruption and fiscal mismanagement in public infrastructure projects, impacting taxpayer funds and university resources.
Listen NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 10 – The National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education has ordered fresh investigations into the construction of a Sh844 million student hostel at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) following concerns over contract variations, unexplained payments and an ongoing court dispute involving the contractor.
The committee raised questions after the Auditor-General flagged missing documentation supporting contract variations worth Sh180.1 million and noted that completion and handover certificates for the project could not be produced during the audit despite the facility already housing students.
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