Tycoons in half of tenders keep names, office secret

Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Director-General Patrick Wanjuki.

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Businesses which secured over 57 percent of tenders in ministries and parastatals kept their identity, addresses and office location secret in breach of the law, raising fresh concerns over transparency in State contracts.

Disclosures in the annual report of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) show firms that secured 14,819 of 25,994 contracts failed to disclose their beneficial owners.

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