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Contractors work on one of the fly-overs at Mikindani along the Changamwe-Jomvu road. [Photo by Gideon Maundu/Standard]
A local company was allowed to fix tender prices for the road connecting Mombasa to Miritini, exposing taxpayers to an extra cost of Sh200 million, it has emerged.
According to the National Assembly Public Investment Committee (PIC), SS Mehta was given a blank bill of quantities to fill in the price upon which the tender was priced.
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