Bank official says they did not give Tuju Sh294 million

Former Foreign Affairs Minister Raphael Tuju at his luxurious Entim Sidai home in Karen Nairobi. [File, Standard]

A senior East Africa Development Bank (EADB) manager was hard-pressed to explain why the lender did not disburse some Sh294 million that was supposed to be part of the Sh1.9 billion loan to former minister Raphael Tuju.

At a hearing before Commercial Court Judge Alfred Mabeya, EADB official David Washington Barnabas Odongo told the court that the money was not disbursed as agreed.

In the case, the former minister argues that the lender reneged on adding the amount to develop 30 three-bedroom senior resident units at Tree Lane and another 85 maisonettes on a nearby seven-acre land on Mwitu Road in a bid to enable Dari Limited (Tuju’s company) to repay the Sh1.9 billion loan.