Costly gadgets rot in Kenya Pipeline Company stores as frivolous rows, probes dominate

Some of the Kenya Pipeline Company underground 20-inch multi-product oil pipeline at Kokotoni village along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway awaiting to be installed. A parliamentary committee has launched an inquiry into why Sh1 billion worth of goods procured by a parastatal two years ago are wasting away in warehouses because of queries regarding the tenders awarded. (PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/ STANDARD)

A parliamentary committee has launched an inquiry into why Sh1 billion worth of goods procured by a parastatal two years ago are wasting away in warehouses because of queries regarding the tenders awarded.

The inquiry by the National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee (PIC) centres on two tenders — one worth Sh600 million and the other Sh320 million — in which funds were spent by Kenya Pipeline Company on gadgets and equipment which have never been put to use several years later.