Taxpayers risk losing Sh113 million after the Kenya National Highways Authority KeNHA) was found to have bangled a roads tender procurement deal involving two firms owned by some of Kenya’s richest families.
The Public Private Partnership Petition (PPPP) Committee has issued orders compelling KeNHA to bear the legal costs that Hemby Holdings Limited, a company owned by directors of consumer goods maker Bidco, and its Singaporean partner ITNL incurred while challenging the award of a tender for construction of 175 kilometres of roads in Bungoma, Kakamega, Trans Nzoia, Busia and Siaya counties