Coal bidder accuses committee of bending rules to suit one firm

The move to have a 960 megawatt coal plant in Lamu hangs in the balance, after one of the bidders claimed it had won the tender that was awarded to Gulf Energy Consortium. It cites irregularities in the tendering process. Hebei Construction Investment Group (HCIG) and Liketh Investment Kenya, through their consortium HCIG-LIKETH in documents before the Petition Committee say Gulf Energy Consortium was never in the scene but it won the tender.

The company adds that Gulf Energy Consortium would produce power at higher cost considered to the one it (HCIG-LIKETH) had proposed in its bid papers, adding that the rival firm first ought not to have been given the contract in the coastal region.