This archive report was first published on 15 May 2020.
Published on May 15, 2020, a report by the Public Benefits Organisation (PBO) has raised concerns about the Treasury's allocation of Sh8.1 billion for infrastructure projects that were completed between 2010 and 2012.
According to the report, the Treasury has allocated Sh100 million for the Nairobi Southern Bypass, which was completed in July 2015, and Sh65 million for the rehabilitation of the Sultan Hamud-Machakos turn-off (A109), which was completed in July 2012.
Other suspicious allocations include the rehabilitation of the Kericho-Nyamasaria road (Sh5 million) and the Nyamasaria-Kisian road (Sh5 million), and the Busia one-stop border post (Sh20 million).
The report also highlights the government's decision to pay little amounts like Sh5 million instead of clearing one big project before moving to others, as recommended in multiple reports.
Corruption scandals have been known to take place when the country is focused on other things, such as the election, and the Covid-19 pandemic has raised fears that individuals might be scheming ways of stealing from the taxpayer due to weak oversight from Parliament and other agencies.
The Jubilee administration has been pumping billions of shillings into ambitious infrastructure projects, even when faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, and has been criticized for slashing money from the health and water budgets instead of touching the infrastructure docket.
