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KICC suppliers paying heavy price for flawed Sh1.9b procurement tenders

A section of the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC). PHOTO BY PIUS CHERUIYOT

A pattern of suspicious transactions worth Sh1.9 billion that has thrown the running of Kenya’s largest conference centre into chaos, can be revealed today.

Several top managers of the state-owned Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) have been interdicted as the board of directors investigates contracts awarded at heavily over-priced rates and others granted in disregard of procurement guidelines.

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