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Tender fraud passes bribery on Kenya’s economic crimes list

PricewaterhouseCoopers forensics leader Muniu Thoithi (left) and Alphan Njeru, the firm’s advisory leader in charge of government and public sector, during the release of an economic crime survey report at PWC Tower in Nairobi on Tuesday. Photo/
SALATON NJAU

Tendering fraud has overtaken bribery and corruption to become Kenya’s fastest growing economic crime, a national survey has found.

Consulting group PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says in a newly published report that one in every three Kenyan business leaders reported procurement-related fraud in the past two years, making it the most common type of economic crime in the country.

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