The Sports and Culture Ministry owes the Kenya National Library Services (KNLS) Sh63 million in unpaid rent, a House Committee has been told.
Chief Executive Officer Dr Charles Nzivo told the National Assembly Sports and Culture Committee sitting at Maktaba Kuu House that the ministry vacated the premises in the Community area without settling the debt. "We were housing the Sports Ministry here but they left to their new offices at Talanta Hela House leaving us with a huge debt that they have not settled since then," Dr Nzivo told the committee chaired by Dan Wanyama.
While saying that efforts to have the ministry settle the debt had hit a dead end, Nzivo pleaded with the committee to intervene and compel the ministry to pay the debt.
The chairman of the Committee Dan Wanyama who took issue with the ministry for not settling the debt asked the CEO to write a demand letter to them so that the Committee can use the document to follow up. "Write a demand letter to the ministry and the Committee will use it as a basis to compel them to settle the rent arrears," said the Webuye West MP.
