Committee faults Sh25.5b GE tender

General Electric Africa CEO Brenda Mbathi (left) and Chief Finance Officer Shan Glover when they appeared before the Senate ad hoc committee yesterday. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

A Senate ad hoc committee heard that American firm General Electric (GE) that won a Sh25.5 billion contract to supply radiology equipment was awarded the tender unprocedurally. 

The contract, under the Managed Equipment Service (MES) project, was awarded in five slots for theatre equipment, theatre instrument and CSSD, renal equipment, radiology equipment, and ICU equipment.