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Court halts award of Sh500m KPA tender

[File, Standard]

The High Court in Mombasa has suspended a decision of the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB) ordering the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) to award a Sh500 million tender to a local firm to supply vehicles to move cargo containers.

On Wednesday, KPA moved to court seeking orders to quash the decision to award Rhombus Construction Company the tender for 12 reach stackers. The State agency claimed it had no money to buy the vehicles, and accused the PPARB of extending the tender period.

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