A Chinese firm awarded a Sh40 billion tender to construct the Kipevu Oil Terminal in Mombasa that is now under investigation had been blacklisted by the World Bank at the time Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) invited bids for the project.
The unusual awarding of the contract is part of investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) into the matter, in addition to allegations that the cost of the project was inflated from Sh15 billion to Sh25 billion, and then to Sh40 billion.
