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MPs poke holes in Mombasa-Nairobi expressway plan

Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development CS James Macharia when he appeared before the National Assembly Transport Committee at Parliament on Tuesday 20/03/18. [Photo by Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Transport ministry's plans to construct the Sh300 billion Mombasa-Nairobi Expressway could run into headwinds after Parliament took issue with the tendering process.

The National Assembly Committee on Transport yesterday queried how the contract was awarded without a competitive tendering process.

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