The tender also said the ad was from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s regional office in Kenya — which does not exist. And this was not the first of such fake tender ads. AdvertisementNMG has a working relationship with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that goes back to 2016, when the foundation awarded NMG $1,230,099 (Sh123 million) for an “inform and engage communities” project. They were informed on Thursday last week, four days after its publication (“Investigations launched into fake Gates foundation tender ad,” Daily Nation, June 4, page 2). Mr Sogoti said the publication of the fake ad was an “unfortunate transaction” which was “processed online, and this resulted in a service gap during this challenging times”.

Source: Daily Nation June 11, 2020 21:00 UTC