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How county officials rig tenders through proxies
Top officials and county tender committees are orchestrating elaborate schemes, awarding contracts to their own shadowy firms and receiving kickbacks from bidders.
Kenya’s financial intelligence unit has flagged widespread fraud across counties involving employees using proxies and shadowy companies to irregularly award themselves multi-billion shilling tenders, sidelining genuine bidders.
The Financial Reporting Centre (FRC), which monitors illicit financial flows in the country, says banks have captured suspicious transactions worth billions of shillings from counties flowing to firms owned by officials, their proxies and politically affiliated persons.
