Irrigation Principal Secretary Patrick Nduati Mwangi has defied his boss Eugene Wamalwa and gone ahead to award a controversial dam construction tender to a Chinese firm that could see taxpayers lose more than Sh3 billion.
Mr Mwangi has awarded the Sh62.3 billion Thwake dam contract to the second lowest evaluated bidder—STECOL Corporation (Sino Hydro Tianjin Engineering Co Ltd and proceeded to inform the lowest bidder—China Gezhouba Construction Group Corporation (CGGC) that its bid was unsuccessful.
