AG Denies Endorsing The Controversial Railway Tender

The controversy surrounding the standard gauge railway tender project took a new twist after it emerged that the public procurement oversight authority ignored advice by the attorney general Githu Muigai cautioning it that the mode of procurement used to pick the contractor was not in line with Kenyan law. The AG who appeared before the parliamentary public investments committee probing the awarding of the contract to a Chinese company says his sole mandate was only to advise the government which he diligently did… Jacky Maribe reports.