Why Omtatah wants court to block Sh2.8tr railway works

Passengers  board train transport to their destinations at the Nairobi central Railway Station, Nairobi on November 2, 2021. [File, Standard]

Senator Okiya Omtatah has filed a petition seeking to block the National Treasury from releasing Sh2.824 trillion for several railway projects. 

The Busia legislator and activists Bernard Muchiri Muchere and Naomi Nyakerario Misati are also seeking to restrain the government and its agents from proceeding with the 12.5-kilometre Riruta–Ngong Commuter Metre Gauge Railway Project, valued at Sh11.5 billion, among other railway initiatives across the country.