How China firm shortchanged taxpayers on Sh21.5bn city road

The Chinese contractor who built the Sh21.5 billion Nairobi Western Bypass omitted six interchanges and other critical infrastructure that were approved in the initial road design, denying taxpayers value for money, the Auditor-General has said.

Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu said that when the contractor, China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), bid and won the tender for the construction of the project at a total cost of $171 million dollars, the project had at least six interchanges at major shopping centres along the highway.