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How EACC almost lost Sh700 million in office block deal

By Nzau Musau | Apr. 1, 2017

Ethics and Anticorruption Commission Chief Executive Officer Halakhe Waqo

A multi-billion-shilling tender for acquisition of a joint office block for two State agencies was cancelled after it emerged that they were going to pay Sh700 million above the market value, Weekend Business can reveal.

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) was about to seal the deal for their new Sh2.6 billion Upperhill joint home with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) when the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) stopped them in their tracks.

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