Tender wars expose KPC insurance losses

An open tank containing a mixture of water and oil extracted from trenches at Kiboko oil spill site. [Standard]

A fight to clinch a multi-million-shilling tender has exposed how insurance firms get away without paying for spillage at Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) facilities.

Tender documents seen by The Standard show how insurers hide behind faceless brokers to clinch the deal and then shift the goalposts when asked to pay. This is despite the pipeline company meeting its end of the contract including prompt payment of premiums.