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State spends Sh2.5b on legal fees as cost burden piles on taxpayers

Cases yet to be determined could cost the country Sh1.2 trillion. [Courtesy]

The government paid Sh2.5 billion in legal fees in the 2020-21 financial year, an increase of 90 per cent compared to Sh1.3 billion the previous year. 

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