Saitoti defends foreign affairs budget

By David Ochami

A committee of parliament is questioning dramatic increments of money allocated to some of Kenya's foreign missions besides hundreds of millions proposed to rebuild or refurbish others, including some, which have been subject of past audits.

But when the acting Foreign Affairs minister George Saitoti met the Defence and Foreign Relations Committee of parliament Wednesday he defended the Sh807million proposed by the Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta to build new or complete diplomatic properties in several countries in the 2011/2012 financial year.