Procurement agency seeks Senate help as counties dodge probe

Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Director-General Patrick Wanjuki.

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The public procurement watchdog is seeking the Senate’s intervention to rein in six counties that have ignored calls to address procurement malpractices in contracts valued at billions of shillings.

The regulator has written to Senate Speaker Amason Kingi, complaining that the counties have failed to follow procurement laws and could have lost cash, failed to pay suppliers, and are hiding procurement documents to escape accountability.

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