Taxpayers lose billions of shillings due to State’s failure to defend suits by wily contractors

Deputy Solicitor General Muthoni Kimani and Treasury Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge when they appeared before Parliamentary committee last week.  [Photo: File/Standard]

Kenya: The recent Sh1.4 billion payments for Anglo Leasing contracts shines the spotlight on billions of taxpayers’ money squandered through shoddily defended civil cases against the State.

The cases typically involve breach of contracts but are concluded in cunningly similar fashion; lost because State lawyers either put in weak defence or hastily agreed to pre-mature settlements.