Parties in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) have the option to do direct procurement to cut costs and protect Kenya’s national interest after President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law the bill on projects under build-operate-transfer (BoT) arrangements.
The PPP law allows entities in PPP deals to single-source work in a bid to speed up projects under the framework where the state has struggled to attract private investors since it came to force in 2013.