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MPs question Sh1.4 billion rise in mall construction

Lake Basin Development Authority's mall in Kisumu that is in its final stages of construction. PIC BY COLLINS ODUOR

A parliamentary committee is investigating how the cost of constructing a mall by the Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA) rose from Sh2.45 billion to Sh3.86 billion.

The Parliamentary Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources chairman, Wilber Otichilo, has demanded an explanation on the cost of Western Kenya’s biggest mall, which rose by Sh1.4 billion.

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