A cargo handling firm has been cleared of claims of involvement in a controversial port tender that landed former Kenya Ports Authority managing director Daniel Manduku in trouble. In addition, the authority says KPA did not provide clear information to investigators which would have helped it arrive at the current finding. Read MorePublic Procurement Regulatory Authority Director General Thomas Otieno before a parliamentary committee on December 8, 2020. The authority informed detectives that the importers would have to shoulder the cost of storage at KPA rates. Therefore, it did not qualify to be considered as a procurement process as envisaged under the Act,” the PPRA director added.

Source: Standard Digital December 13, 2020 21:01 UTC