{
  "id": 19659348,
  "title": "Ruto reveals why Kenya paid French firm Ksh6.5 billion over flopped Rironi-Mau Summit contract",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/ruto-reveals-why-kenya-paid-french-firm-ksh6-5-billion-over-flopped",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T13:52:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/ruto-reveals-why-kenya-paid-french-firm-ksh6-5-billion-over-flopped-rironi-mau-summit-contract"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President William Ruto has revealed that Kenya paid approximately Ksh6.5 billion ($50 million) to exit a contract with a French consortium that had been awarded the Rironi-Mau Summit highway project in 2020 but had failed to commence construction. Speaking about the controversial road project, Ruto said the government decided to terminate the agreement after six […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "Ruto defends paying off French firm Ksh 6.5B to exit Rironi-Mau Summit road project",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/ruto-defends-paying-off-french-firm-ksh-6-5b-to-exit-rironi-mau",
        "published": "2026-11-12T13:53:25.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}