Irrigation Principal Secretary Patrick Nduati Mwangi has defied his boss Eugene Wamalwa and gone ahead to award a controversial dam construction tender to a Chinese firm that could see taxpayers lose more than Sh3 billion.
Mr Mwangi has awarded the Sh62.3 billion Thwake dam contract to the second lowest evaluated bidder- STECOL Corporation (Sino Hydro Tianjin Engineering Co Ltd and proceeded to inform the lowest bidder-China Gezhouba Construction Group Corporation (CGGC) that its bid was unsuccessful.
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