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Murkomen says state to pay contractors Sh150b pending bills

Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Airport on November 15, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has told the Senate that the government is working towards settling the Sh150 billion pending bills owed to contractors.

At the same time, the Murkomen said that the eight-year-old impasse that had prevented the construction of a new terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after the contract was terminated in 2015, has been resolved.

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