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Foreign firm yet to be paid Sh1.2b debt despite Ruto's directive

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Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez (left) with President William Ruto at State House in Nairobi on October 25, 2022 with delegation and investors from Spain. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

President William Ruto's Cabinet has been caught up in a game of musical chairs over a decade-long Sh1.2 billion debt owed to a Spanish consulting company that has threatened to mar the diplomatic relationship between the two countries.

TYPSA was contracted on May 8, 2012, by the Ministry of Regional Development to provide consultancy service for a feasibility study and detailed design of the Lower Ewaso Ng'iro South Multi-Purpose Dam Development Project. The contract sum was in two currencies - EUR18,179,426 and $1, 690,700.

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