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Kebs error to cost taxpayers Sh2b

A front view of the Kenya Bureau of Standards headquarters. [Courtesy]

Taxpayers will pay Sh2.2 billion to a foreign company following the government’s cancellation of an oil inspection contract nine years ago. 

The Supreme Court yesterday threw out a motion by Kebs to review a judgement passed last year that found the standards body liable for breach of contract with Geo-Chem Middle East and upheld the award determined by an arbitrator in 2015.    

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