CBK claims information on currency tender may compromise national security

According to CBK information on the tender may compromise national security if the proceedings are opened to the public. [Photo: Courtesy]

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has been granted its wish to have a case challenging the award of a multi-billion tender for new currency printing heard in camera.

The CBK, through its lawyer Ochieng’ Oduol, had wanted the public locked out of the matter, which has been filed at the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board, appealing the decision to pick British firm De La Rue International Ltd.