Nelly
Member
If Attorney General Kihara Kariuki has his way, Kenyans will never know details of the multi-billion shilling Standard Gauge Railway agreement signed with Chinese contractors.
Mr Kariuki wants a petition filed by two activists before the Mombasa High Court seeking disclosure of details of the Sh450 billion contract dismissed, terming it a frivolous case.
The AG says that Ms Wanjiru Gikonyo and Khelef Khalifa have not exhausted all avenues of dispute resolution available to them, and that the petition was not properly before court.
Mr Khalifa had, in letters dated December 16 2019 and May 13 this year, written to the AG and Principal Secretaries in the Ministries of Transport and the National Treasury requesting details of the agreement between the Kenyan government and all service providers or third parties involved in operation of the SGR.
Mr Kariuki wants a petition filed by two activists before the Mombasa High Court seeking disclosure of details of the Sh450 billion contract dismissed, terming it a frivolous case.
The AG says that Ms Wanjiru Gikonyo and Khelef Khalifa have not exhausted all avenues of dispute resolution available to them, and that the petition was not properly before court.
Mr Khalifa had, in letters dated December 16 2019 and May 13 this year, written to the AG and Principal Secretaries in the Ministries of Transport and the National Treasury requesting details of the agreement between the Kenyan government and all service providers or third parties involved in operation of the SGR.