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Safaricom reveals Huawei involvement in CCTV tender

Kenya: Safaricom has confirmed that Chinese giant telcom Huawei will be providing infrastructure support for the Sh14.9 billion security tender it was awarded last month.

This revelation is likely to deepen the controversy around the multi-billion communications and surveillance tender given that Huawei was disqualified in a similar tender two years ago after it was found to lack the capacity to execute the project.

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