Win for local suppliers as board stops Sh2 billion Kenya Power meter tender

A Kenya Power and Lighting Company employee inspects a meter box at the Kosovo area of Mathare slums. PHOTO | HEZRON NJOROGE | NMG

Kenya Power #ticker:KPLC has been stopped from proceeding with a Sh2 billion tender for the supply of electricity meters after local manufacturers protested a move to lock them out of the lucrative deal.

Public Procurement and Administrative Review Board (PPARB) put on hold the power utility company’s plans, pending the determination of the appeal filed by a group of local manufacturers.

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