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Prison changes trigger tension as PS stamps foot

Tension is simmering within the Prisons Department after the new Principal Secretary Zienab Hussein suspended payment of multi-billion shillings pending bills.

On one hand, senior prisons officials accuse the PS of stalling operations in the department while on the other her office says the pending bills which amount to Sh6.2 billion have to be verified before being paid.

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