A Sh4.9 billion ICT tender was irregularly awarded to Seven Seas Technologies under the Sh63 billion leased medical equipment scheme, Attorney General Kihara Kariuki has said. But the AG says the ministry ignored the law spelling requirements to be met before a project agreement is signed. Through Solicitor General Kennedy Ogeto, the AG told Senators at the ad hoc committee probing the MES that the contractor has no basis to lay any claim. “No due diligence report was prepared and none is before the AG. The AG also reprimanded the ministry for entering into a tripartite agreement with Seven Seas and a bank outside the tender provisions.

Source: The Star February 14, 2020 02:03 UTC