Tension is brewing between the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and a Japanese government agency over tenders for the construction of a Sh56 billion special economic zone at the Port of Mombasa.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has, for a second time, rejected KPA’s decision to disqualify one bidder on account of “minor” oversights that are not crucial to the tender evaluation stage, persons familiar with the project have revealed.
