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Public Works Officer Paul Mwangunya being cross examined by lawyer Cliff Ombeta at the Mombasa Court in Mombasa County on June 2, 2023. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]
A witness in a graft case involving Malindi sub-county education office building was at pains to explain a policy that requires only a public works officer in the national government to approve tendering and construction of any national government project.
Paul Mwangunya, a public works officer at Coast regional office while testifying before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku, said he was not involved in drawing, approval or construction of the education office that has landed six accused persons in court.
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