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Omtatah urges court to terminate Sh11.5b Riruta-Ngong railway deal

Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah at the Bunge Towers,Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has urged the High Court to halt implementation of the Sh11.5 billion Riruta-Ngong Commuter Meter Gauge railway project.

Omtatah and two other activists, Bernard Muchiri Muchere and Naomi Nyakerario Misati, sought urgent conservatory and interim orders restraining the State from proceeding with the project or disbursing funds from the Railway Development Levy Fund (RDLF) or the Consolidated Fund for this and other projects worth up to Sh2.824 trillion.

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