Stalled South B tech hub gets new contractor and Sh3bn extra funding

The facility will have three tower blocks designed to resist earthquakes and wind loads. The plan has three levels of commercial space, showrooms, and shops, a plenary, and an amphitheatre with modern conferencing facilities.

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The construction of a techno-centre in Nairobi’s South B area, which has stalled for years, has been allocated an additional Sh3.4 billion and the tender for the project awarded to a new contractor.

Kingsley Construction Company has been awarded the tender for the main works for the construction of research and testing for the Kenya Industrial Research & Development Institute (Kirdi) for Sh2.66 billion, according to regulatory disclosures by the procurement entity, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA).

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