Fight for millions that could have cost ex-KPA boss her job

Ex- Kenya Ports Authority Managing director Catherine Mturi-Wairi (left) leads Kenya Railways Managing Director Athanas Maina (centre) and the Pacific International Shipping Line (PIL) Assistant Manager Inkolu Sivakumar (right). [Gideon Maundu/Standard]

On May 2, Mrs Wairi wrote to Kenya Railways boss Atanas Maina demanding payment of Sh930,528,000 for labour and equipment used by the railways.

Twenty days before her ouster as Managing Director of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), Catherine Wairi picked a quarrel with the Kenya Railways by firing a scathing demand letter to the railway’s top brass.