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State to reserve tenders of up to Sh20b for local firms in proposed law

Casual workers offering services at an affordable housing project site in Mukuru, Nairobi. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

The government could reserve tenders of up to Sh20 billion for local firms in a move likely to see more Kenyan companies bid for mega infrastructure projects and stoke stiff competition with multinational firms.

This is according to the proposed Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill, 2022 that seeks to increase the value of local tenders reserved for Kenyan firms by up to forty times.

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