State pays Rift Valley Railways Sh415m from SGR cash

The government has paid Sh415 million to Rift Valley Railway (RVR) for damages caused on their tracks during the 2008 post-election violence from the standard gauge railway budget, investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission have revealed.

The anti-graft watchdog was investigating claims that Sh700 million set aside to conduct feasibility study of SGR had been misappropriated, leading to the discovery that it had been redirected to settle the claim that had been outstanding for more than five years.