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Tourism CS Najib Balala (L) and his PS Joe Okudo when they appeared before the National Assembly Sports, Culture and Heritage Committee at Parliament. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]
The Tourism Cabinet secretary has put up a spirited defence of his ministry’s sponsorship of a privately organised travel expo in Nairobi in 2017.
Najib Balala was questioned by Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) officers on Wednesday in connection with the payment of Sh100 million to the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), which had organised a destination expo in Kenya for its members.
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