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Kenya's second quest for a national dress to gobble Sh100 million

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Principal Secretary State Department for Heritage, Culture and Arts Ummi Bashir during an interview in Nairobi on Friday, February, 02, 2024. [File, Standard]

Culture, Heritage and Arts Principal Secretary Ummi Bashir was on Friday taken to task by members of Parliament over the planned expenditure of Sh100 million for the design of a Kenyan national dress despite a Sh50 million having already been spent on a similar dress.

During a sitting of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Sports and Culture, it also emerged that Sh50 million had also been expended for the design of a digital platform dubbed "Sanaa app".

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