KSL CEO FINED KSH 500,000 OVER STALLED KSH 488M PROJECT

The CEO of the Kenya School of Law (KSL), Dr Henry Kibet Mutai, has been fined Ksh 500,000 by a parliamentary oversight committee for failing to account for a stalled Ksh 488 million construction project.
The fine was issued by the Public Investments Committee on Education and Governance, chaired by Bumula MP Wanami Wamboka, after Dr Mutai was grilled over the delayed completion of a library and moot court facility that has remained 97% complete since 2013.
The committee faulted KSL’s management for failing to properly supervise the project, which had already seen Ksh 322.9 million paid out to contractors by June 2022 despite serious delays and quality concerns. The Auditor General’s report flagged multiple irregularities in procurement, oversight, and payments.
Dr Mutai was accused of offering “unsatisfactory” responses and for resisting oversight, leading to the committee’s decision to impose a personal fine of Ksh 500,000, payable within one week. The lawmakers also called for the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate possible misconduct in the project.
“This is a classic case of negligence, misuse of public funds and impunity,” said MP Wamboka. “Someone must take personal responsibility for the rot at the institution.”
The stalled project, which has been under development for over a decade, was meant to boost legal education at the institution but remains incomplete and unusable.