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Kenya MPs lose bid for school land as budget cut by Sh1b

PSC wanted to buy the piece of land within a 30-kilometre radius from Parliament and had closed tenders for potential investors three months ago. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

Legislators have lost a bid to buy a 40-acre piece of land to put up a training school after Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich struck off Sh1 billion from the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) budget.

PSC wanted to buy the piece of land within a 30-kilometre radius from Parliament and had closed tenders for potential investors three months ago.

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