Fight for millions that could have cost ex-KPA boss her job

Former Kenya Ports Authority managing director Catherine Mturi-Wairi (left) leads Kenya Railways Managing director Athanas Maina (centre) and the Pacific International Shipping Line (PIL) assistant manager Inkolu Sivakumar (right) after Kenya Railways signed an agreement with PIL to transport their containers through the Standard Guage Railways (SGR) from the port of Mombasa to the Inland Container Deport in Nairobi, April 27, 20-18. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

Twenty days before her ouster as Managing Director of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), Catherine Wairi picked a quarrel with the Kenya Railways by firing a scathing demand letter to the railway’s top brass.

On May 2, she wrote to KR Managing Director Atanas Maina demanding payment of Sh930,528,000 for labour and equipment used by the railways to load and ferry cargo on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight service.