Ouko cites bias in Sh8.9bn Utalii college tender award

The award of Sh8.9 billion contract for the building of the controversial Ronald Ngala Utalii College in Mombasa was skewed in favour of the contractor, the latest audit report says.
Auditor-General Edward Ouko says despite the contract being awarded to the third lowest prequalified bidder, taxpayers were tied to paying undetermined interest charges on late payment as well as advancing the contractor 10 per cent of the contract sum. Mombasa-based M/s Mulji Devraj and Brothers won the tender.

“The contract provides for interest charges on late payment and an advance payment of 10 per cent before commencement of works thus the contract was flawed in favour of the contractor,” he said in a report tabled in Parliament on October 25, last year.