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Government sued for using road levy as collateral in Sh175bn loan deal

Treasury CS John Mbadi before the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations at Bunge Towers, Parliament, Nairobi. July 17th,2025 [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A court battle over the government’s decision to use road maintenance levy funds as collateral for a Sh175 billion loan from the African Development Bank, Trade and Development Bank, and United Bank for Africa has landed in court.

Lawyer Ashioya Biko and Jateso Peter Imwatok, in their case filed before the High Court, claimed that the money now being borrowed was not budgeted for.

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