Sh900 million owed to contractors in Meru is fake, Kiraitu tells Senators

Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi speaking to journalists at the County headquarters. [Peter Muthomi/Standard]

Only about Sh200 million out of Sh1.1 billion being claimed by contractors and suppliers is genuine, Governor Kiraitu Murungi (pictured) has said.

The governor yesterday told a Senate watchdog committee that an audit of all pending bills, which he commissioned after assuming office, unearthed shocking details that could have seen taxpayers lose hundreds of millions of shillings through fictitious claims.