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Balala defends paying American firm Sh100 million for expo

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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