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Audit report reveals Sh500m lost in Kenya's SGR land compensation scheme

The ongoing Standard Gauge Railway project along Taru. Some Sh500 million is said to have been lost in flawed land pay-outs. [PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]

Taxpayers have lost over Sh500 million in questionable land compensation pay outs, The Standard can report.

An internal audit report by Kenya Railway Corporation (KRC) raised concern over irregular compensation and over-payment to beneficiaries by the National Land Commission (NLC). NLC is constitutionally mandated to acquire land for construction of the standard gauge railway.

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