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Journalists summoned to CID over Sh3.8 billion security deal exposé

Interior Principal secretary Monicah Juma (left) Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Co-ordination of National Government, Joseph Nkaissery addressing the press at Harambee house. PHOTO: BEVERLYNE MUSILI/STANDARD

NAIROBI: Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery has directed police to interrogate journalists of three daily newspapers, which exposed a fresh parliamentary investigation into Sh3.8 billion controversial payments for security-related contracts that Auditor General Edward Ouko has questioned.

A day after Mr Nkaissery was questioned by the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over the contentious payments, including some Sh2 billion that was paid on June 30, 2015, the last day of the last financial year, an officer from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations summoned the journalists.

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