{
  "id": 5243601,
  "title": "MPs raise alarm over Ksh78M Kisii TVET projects stalled for years amid costly variations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/mps-raise-alarm-over-ksh78m-kisii-tvet-projects-stalled-for-years",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T04:12:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/mps-raise-alarm-over-ksh78m-kisii-tvet-projects-stalled-for-years-amid-costly-variations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Parliament's Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education has expressed concern over stalled construction projects at two TVET institutions in Kisii County, citing prolonged delays, costly contract variations, delayed payments, missing documentation, and conflicting explanations from officials. The committee questioned how projects at Kitutu Chache South and South Mugirango Technical and Vocational Colleges could remain incomplete years after they were commissioned despite millions of shillings having been spent and additional funds committed. At Kitutu Chache South TVC, MPs were informed that a project awarded in April 2019 at Ksh57.05 million had remained incomplete despite being scheduled for completion within 52 weeks. The project, comprising a twin workshop, classrooms, and an office block, had received Ksh50.97 million by December 2022. Its contract was later varied to Ksh67.1 million, while the completion period was extended by 139 weeks. The variation was attributed to additional works, including a retention wall and classrooms that had not been incorporated into the original designs.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}