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Ministry of Foreign Affairs on spot over Sh200 million irregular expenditure

Taxpayers could have lost more than Sh231 million in unapproved spending on the construction of the High Commissioner’s residence in South Africa, an audit has revealed.

The audit report tabled yesterday in the National Assembly by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu shows that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spent Sh440 million on the construction of the envoy's residence in Pretoria. The figure was above the approved limit of Sh207 million.

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