George Karuthui Kamau – LLB (UoN), CIPS (Dip)

Reflections on the new AG’s Tender ‘Transparency Rules’

According to the Business Daily on 1st March 2022, (see https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/state-to-reveal-names-homes-of-tender-tycoons-3732712) the State has published new regulations compelling all Procuring Entities to make public the details of the persons who win big tenders from the Government and its agencies. While this is a laudable move, please remember that this is not a novel requirement since …

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Time to Discard Preliminary Evaluation? – A Call for Boldness in Public Procurement

Your team attended the tender opening. As the bids were read out, you gladly discovered that your bid of Kshs. 105,600,000 was the lowest. You place the champagne on ice and take the team out for an extended lunch. Great job team! You bellow in between juicy ribs. You dish out generous bytes of leadership, …

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The simple, bad decision that cost you KShs. 300 million

Road works on Thika Road. Photo courtesy of Kevin A. Urban.   Over the next few weeks, I will run a number of articles on how our country continues to lose money because of poorly thought out policies and laws on public procurement. Coming from my years of active participation and interaction with public procurement …

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