Chinese firm contests move to deny them tender

By PAMELA CHEPKEMEI

NAIROBI, KENYA: A Chinese company has contested a decision by the Government refusing to award it a tender for supply of police security equipment.

ZTE Corporation has asked the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board to reverse the decision taken by Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government.

The new development came as the High Court ordered the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate irregularities in the initial award of the tender.

The company was among the bidders for the tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the National Surveillance, Communication, Command and Control Systems in the National Police Service. But its proposal by ZTE was rejected.