The African Development Bank Group today announces the 9-month debarment of Esiko Kenya Enterprises Limited, a civil and electrical engineering company registered in the Republic of Kenya. Mr. Chen CHAO and Mr. Huang YOU, both citizens of the Peoples' Republic of China are both debarred for a period of 12 months.
An investigation conducted by the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the African Development Bank Group established that Esiko Kenya Enterprises Limited, Mr. Chen CHAO and Mr. Huang YOU committed Fraudulent Practices during the procurement of the plant design, supply and installation of extensions of low voltage single phase lines and service cables, in the context of the Last Mile Connectivity Project, Phase II, in the Republic of Kenya.
The Last Mile Connectivity Project, Phase II is an African Development Bank Group-financed project with the objective of supporting the Kenyan Government's initiative of ensuring increased electricity access to Kenyans, particularly the poor. The project aims to cover the entire country with selected transformers in its forty-seven counties.
During the debarment period, Esiko Kenya Enterprises Limited, Mr. Chen CHAO and Mr. Huang YOU and all entities under their control will not be eligible to participate in African Development Bank Group-financed activities.
Esiko Kenya Enterprises Limited, Mr. Chen CHAO and Mr. Huang YOU will only become eligible to resume participation in African Development Bank Group-financed activities after the expiry of their respective debarment periods and proof of satisfactory completion of the integrity remediation activities prescribed for each of them.
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