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Treasury CS Mbadi rejects plans to pay Sh2.6 billion goodwill to former councilors

By Esther Nyambura | 1yr ago

National Treasury CS John Mbadi addressing the media outside Treasury Building in Nairobi on February 13, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has stated he will not proceed with his predecessors' plan to pay Sh2.6 billion ex-gratia to former councilors.

Speaking before the Senate on Wednesday, March 5, Mbadi explained that the agreement was unlawful.

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