MPs shoot down bid to bar foreign firms from tenders

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Parliament buildings in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Parliament has shot down a new bid to lock out foreign contractors from bidding for public tenders worth below Sh20 billion.

The National Assembly’s Committee on Finance rejected a Bill, which seeks to enhance the limits of tenders where Kenyan citizens are given exclusive preference from the current Sh500 million.

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