House team wants Kenya Railways investigated over SGR

National Assembly’s Public Investment Committee Chairman Adan Keynan (left) and Francis Nyenze, a member, at a past meeitng. The committee has taken issue with the hiring of a consultant for the Standard Gauge Railway project. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: A House committee wants top officials from the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) investigated and prosecuted for allegedly flouting procurement laws in the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) tender.

The Public Investment Committee (PIC) probing the controversial, multi-billion shilling tender awarded to a consultancy firm for the SGR's design, review and construction supervision, faulted the process and called for its revocation.