“Whenever we pay local contractors, we are told when we visit that they bought land or apartments with it. Daniel Wamahiu, a contractor who chaired the meeting said local contractors were also being out-bid by the Chinese contractors for works local frims have capacity to do. We have no objection if the government comes to us and says a certain percentage is given to local contractors,” he said. Some of the big local contractors that were highlighted for doing a good job include SS Mehta Sons as well as H Young. “Lumping all local contractors together is not fair as it amounts to blanket condemnation.

Source: Standard Digital December 15, 2018 21:00 UTC