Mbona asiende kortini. He ought to have documented everything. Did he follow the tenderniring process ama hawa ni wasee wa shortcuts?
Hizi tender wachia watoto na concubines wa wakubwa, huko coundy ukiingia unaulizwa “wewe umeletwa na nani?”
Either way utaoshwa tu.
Birrionaire should be licensed gun holders
This goes back to contract law. They signed shitty contracts. if they had been wise and recognized that a CONTRACT IS A DECLARATION OF WAR, they would have done very well for themselves
- County’s contract appears to have been with the company.
- His agreement appears to have been with the company, not with the county.
- So when payment trouble started, the county could say:
“We only know the supplier on record, not this financier.”
1. No direct right against the payer
If the county never signed anything recognizing him, then he may have had no direct payment right against the county. His real claim would mostly be against the company he financed, not the county.
2. He took massive performance risk
He says he kept injecting money, even draining savings and business cashflow, to finish the supply.
That means he carried execution risk before securing repayment.
3. Authority was informal, not public-facing
He says he had consent from the company and could prove the directors knew him. But public procurement officers care about formal authority, not “everyone knows me.” If you are not a director/shareholder/signatory on the visible paperwork, that becomes a weapon against you later.
The real mistake was confusing an economic interest with a legal right.
Economically, he may have been the one carrying the project.
Legally, the county seems to have viewed him as an outsider to the contract.
That gap is where the whole thing broke.
A safer structure would have included:
- a formal loan agreement or financing agreement with the company
- a board resolution authorizing him
- signed authority for him to act on the matter
- personal guarantees from directors/owners
- a lawful assignment of receivables or acknowledgment of payment flow
- a clause saying no more funding after X amount
- proof of budget/payment status before full performance
- staged delivery tied to staged payment
Without protections like that, he was basically saying:
“I will bear most of the cost now, and trust that formal recognition will sort itself out later.”
Aliambiwa leta ma suti sigisty za 50k, akasema “sawa”, “by lini” akauliza kwa furaha. “six months ama?” “itakuwa poa sana”, akajibiwa.
Akaingia kazi kuunda makaunda suit.
Sasa anaulizwa nani alikupea job anasema ni county.
Degree ya procurement muhimu. Kuna procedures lakini.
Counties zinajua ulipitia njia ya mkato kupata tender,ndio maana zinaoshanga watu live live na hakuna pahali unaweza wapeleka
Sammy Kioko anakula tabu sababu ya msichana.
Did some tenders in Kitui between 2014-2018…that period gave me sleepless nights, a high heart bpm, paranoia & regret…I got all the monies in the end but it wasn’t worth it…huko hata gavana cronnies walijipata ndani ya sufuria moto pia, I saw some contractors go berserk, I knew of 1 who died depression led…worse most of the tenders involved backdoor channels & under table brown envelopes full of cash mine included, kikiumana hakuna mahali unapelekana.
My uncles and mzae got tenders kwa certain county..kulipwa ni ngori!
One time he asked me nimpe 700k halipane ndio pesa itoke certain percentage.He was paid but after walimaliza alini advise usiwahi jaribu
Juzi wakisema classrooms ziwe built for grade 10 or something a pal of mine being clan mate na immediate neighbour wa gufana alichukua inheritance yiiiote from his hard working deceased parent aka jenga classrooms. Mpaka leo jamaa anachase his cash…jamaa amechakaa and has a very very nasty short temper. Jamaa ana suffer.
it is bad, unachapa biashara na wao and they will still eat into your profit after holding your money for months-years.
This is something I tell people about tendering and they never believe. Even the connected guys still get scammed because of the many decision makers in the process. Plus there are so many people who go in to the tender as relatives and friends, yet there is only one slot to be given the prize. I have seen even the son of a minister get taken round in circles. Gava money is high risk, high reward, pure gambling on many levels, don’t let anyone ever sell you guarantees around it
You know nothing young man. People who are in the system will tell you the money with the most delays and defaults is the one which goes through the formal channels. In the Kenya government if you want a reliable payment, it will be one where the money has already been stolen by a decision maker, then that decision maker pays you directly in cash. That’s the only way to take out the thieving intermediaries who make contractor cash disappear. If you see a government project going on smoothly in Kenya, just know everyone there is being paid with gunias and bahashas of cash
acha kupayuka. Kesi yake haina miguu juu alifanya ujinga ya bad legal planning. Even if a new governor takes office, and they want to pay kioko, they will have no legal way to do it. Kioko basically asahau hiyo deni na afanye better legal planning in future
they’re not holding his money for months. The company registry shows he’s not a part of the company
Jeremy is now an ambassador na ni kama aliachana na hiyo upuzi
Maureen pekee ndiye anaeza itisha pesa na ni kama amesema haitaki
https://x.com/thee_alfa_house/status/2039444949947568482?s=20
Rookie mistake for the stingy squad. And all your money is gone, btw.
Welcome to the jungle.
Kuna siku niliwaambia Luna Arif Wangu aloingia county Na alitaka kunirushia tenders nikachorea juu sipendi stress. @gaines called me an idiot but saa hii hata county ministers wamesota kama maumbwa juu hata deals zao zimekanyagiwa juu hakuna pesa Na ikipatikana governor anapita nayo Karibu yote. Hata per diem imekwama Kwa ifmis.