MPs order fresh probe into Sh844m university hostel project
The multi-million-shilling hostel project was scheduled for completion within three years...
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Kenya's National Assembly's Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education has ordered a fresh probe into the construction of a 1,000-bed student hostel at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST).
- The investigation concerns Sh844 million in payments and contract variations.
- Key figures include former Vice-Chancellor Prof Stephen Gaya Agong and the contractor, Sasah General Merchants.
- Auditor-General reports revealed a failure to provide supporting documents for variations totaling Sh180.1 million, and a pending court case by the contractor over alleged unpaid dues.
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