A company linked to OT-Morpho, the French group that was entangled in the controversial supply of voter identification gadgets and computer servers for the recent Kenyan polls, is among four European bank note printing firms standing in line to win the lucrative tender to print and supply Kenya’s new-look currency.
Oberthur Fiduciare will face off with, among others, De La Rue International after the procurement watchdog on Monday cancelled the Sh10 billion-a-year tender awarded to the British printer and ordered a fresh evaluation of bids.
