Twist in Sh14b Safaricom security tender as firm sues regulator

Communications Authority of Kenya Managing Director Francis Wangusi.

Nairobi, Kenya: The controversy around the Sh14.9 billion security tender awarded to Safaricom by the Government deepened Monday after another company laid claim to the frequencies that to be used by the mobile phone service provider.

The private company, Tetra Radio Limited, says it was awarded the same tender in 2002 for provision of similar services to the police at a cost of Sh9 billion.