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Joho faces hard questions as MPs probe Sh1.6b fish stock assessment

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Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs CS Ali Hassan Joho at the Works House in Nairobi on August 9, 2024 [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Members of Parliament were stunned yesterday after the Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime affairs revealed that it had spent Sh1.6 billion to conduct stock assessment in the Indian Ocean in the 2023/2024 financial year.

Cabinet Secretary Hassan Joho and Principal Secretary Betsy Muthoni Njagi, appearing before the National Assembly's Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation, faced the wrath of MPs who sought to know whether there was any value for money arising from the undertaking.

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