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From kickbacks to inflated costs: How Bomas is being bartered for billions in secret contract

By David Odongo | 1d ago

The Bomas International Convention Complex project site on February 27, 2026. [File, Standard]

It is one of the most guarded documents in the country’s recent history. For months, Parliament has demanded to see the contract for the multi-billion-shilling construction and equipping of the Bomas International Convention Complex (BICC).

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