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How Kenya Power bosses 'fixed' Sh6b tender for Chinese firm

A Sh6 billion tender scandal has hit Kenya Power, with revelations that it awarded the contract to a company registered less than a year ago.

The Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB) raised the alarm when it nullified the contract for supply of single phase pre-paid meters between Kenya Power and Lighting Company Limited and Chinese firm, Hexing Technologies Ltd.

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