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Fresh controversy hits multi-billion shilling Thwake Dam

Former Irrigation Principal Secretary Nduati Mwangi. (Photo: Boniface Okendo, Standard)

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s ambition to have construction of the Sh36 billion Thwake Dam fast-tracked is in jeopardy following fresh infighting within the Water Ministry.

Only days after Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA) instructed the ministry to execute the procurement process of the dam within 14 days, details are emerging that two senior officers are planning its collapse.

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