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Kenya's Sh300b 'thank you gift' road project to the US sparks fresh tender wars

Director General of KENHA Engineer Peter Mundinia (left), Chairman Engineer Erastus Mwongera (center) and BNT Construction and Engineering Kenya Region President for Africa Andrew Patterson (right) during contract signing for the construction of the Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway (Photo: Willis Awandu)

Kenya’s Sh300 billion ‘thank you gift’ road project handed to an American firm on a silver platter has sparked a fresh tender war among implementing agencies.

As attention of country was focused on the August 8, General Election, a small team of government officials were holed in meetings to dot the i’s and cross the t’s on what is set to be the single largest road project in Kenya.

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