A Chinese firm denied a Sh30 billion tender to construct the Lowaat Dam Project in Turkana wants the Public Procurement Review Board to reopen the tender. It says the tender should be awarded to them for funding, designing, building and transferring of the Lowaat Dam. The firm argues the National Irrigation Board, which is the procuring entity, was in breach of the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act, 2015, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal regulations and the Fair Administration Action Act. “The tender process initiated and carried out by the respondent is devoid of fairness, equality, transparency, competitiveness and is discriminatory,” the petition reads. However, the NIB says the entire procurement process was in accordance with the law.

Source: The Star June 05, 2018 21:00 UTC