Thirty-nine companies contracted by Kenya Power to supply labour and transport services in October last year were not listed with the Registrar of Companies at the time.
A Milimani court yesterday heard that 262 others did not have the required National Construction Authority certification. Head of internal audit Charles Cheruiyot said a total of 1,354 companies had applied for the tender and 525 of them were pre-qualified to supply the services.
Some 525 companies were contracted to supply the services for two years between October 1 last year and October 30, 2019. Cheruiyot said the pre-qualification process was flawed from the start as the tender documents were opened by two officials – Bernard Muturi and Everlyne Amondi – instead of the statutory three.
He said an official – David Makesi – who was supposed to be among the three, did not turn up for the exercise. Cheruiyot said he recommended administrative action against him because he did not give a satisfactory explanation for being absent.
Makesi told the auditors he was engaged in company activities at the time he was to be with the team opening tender applications submitted by bidders. The internal audit revealed two of the…
