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MPs call for special audit on Huduma Namba deal

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Uhuru and Margaret Kenyatta receive Huduma Namba cards during the 11th Mashujaa Day celebrations at Gusii Stadium, Kisii County. [PCS]

A House team is now calling on the office of the Auditor General to conduct a special audit on the billions spent on the Huduma Namba initiative and establish whether there was value for money.

National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee is pushing for the audit after it emerged that the Ministry of Interior was yet to pay Sh184 million in pending bills towards the project that flopped.

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