Senate probes Sh30bn NSSF’s towers project
The Kenyan Senate has launched an inquiry into the Sh30 billion NSSF Twin Towers project in Nairobi due to concerns over transparency and procurement. Lawmakers are investigating the project's financial structure and the involvement of private partners.
Why it matters
The probe addresses public accountability regarding the management of workers' pension funds and large-scale infrastructure spending.
NSSF Twin Tower project The Senate has opened an inquiry into the ongoing construction of the multimillion-shilling National Social Security Fund Towers along Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi.
In the probe triggered by Marsabit Senator Mohamed Chute, the lawmakers are investigating the project’s cost, financing and procurement process.
They also want to establish the details of the contractors and private partners involved.
The development came after Chute filed a petition to the House, alleging opaqueness in the implementation of the project despite billions of taxpayers’ money being pumped into it.
NSSF is constructing the Twin Towers project at the junction of Kenyatta Avenue and Uhuru Highway at a cost estimated at Sh30 billion.
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