Posted Monday, September 26 2016 at 19:17
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[li]The KeNHA says tender reviews board allowed H Young to admit evidence on its ownership that had not been submitted during the tender evaluation process.[/li][li]The evidence, it adds, was used to snatch the mega deal from China Wu Yi and given to H Young.[/li][/ul]
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has sued the public procurement tribunal for awarding H Young & Company East Africa a Sh10 billion roads tender at the expense of China Wu Yi, setting up a battle between the two contractors.
H Young insists that it would have been the affected party in the event that there had been a conflict of interest. The firm adds that KeNHA should have objected to the new documents before the review board went on to determine whether China Wu Yi had been fairly awarded the deal.
As per Kenya’s procurement laws, local firms get preference during evaluation of bids for public projects.
The tender is for construction of the Garsen-Witu-Lamu road and is part of the government’s planned 10,000 kilometres of road project which has a budget of Sh70 billion.
During the review proceedings, H Young produced passports of its directors Joseph and Hannah Schwartzman. The directors wholly own the contracting firm through another company — H Young Holdings Limited.
KeNHA argues that during tender evaluation H Young & Company East Africa only provided documents showing that it is owned by H Young Holdings Limited hence they should not have been allowed to produce ownership documents of the parent firm before the review board.
Let Chinese contribute to the economy. Traitor Kenyans disturbing Chinese at work should be put in jail for sabotaging Kenyans bid to achieve vision 2030.
kenyan contactors ni bure, kuna vitu ufai kubahatisha kama infrastructure, we loose alot more because of shoddy works
below is a road (after 5 years of construction) done by kenyan contractor in one of the most prime locations where investors are pumping billions into some of the tallest buildings in the continent
kenyan contractors ni bure tu and that must be what kenha is fearing. quality mbaya alafu they are not liquid kwa hivyo projects have to stall anytime they need some new payment installment from gava.
Well said bro. Been thinking that as well. But I also believe that food security, health, shelter, and education are much more important. The government must take away these from Africans and give Chinese. Niggas ni bure kabisa.
Just imagine chinese being involved in those activities! We will forget about famine, poor health/untrained african doctors, slums, fake education etc. Kenya will be awesome and Kenyans will live like kings.