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TALK
IS RIFE of some mega projects undertaken by a state agency facing a bleak
future and probably eventual collapse. Reason? Contractors are said to be
shying from taking them up because of possible fraud
and corruption in the tendering for the high-value ventures. A mole whispered
to Corridors of Power that most of the tenders were allegedly
handed out to companies which did not even participate in the bidding process,
while some supposedly lacked capacity. A
state of anxiety is said to have permeated the corridors of the agency in the
wake of the delay, attracting questions from higher authorities.
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STILL
ON TENDERS, details are trickling in of a concerted bid to retain a supplier
whose involvement in a critical constitutional process has always drawn
controversy. We are told that top players of a state entity have been
discreetly dealing with the supplier, in what points to future engagements.
While the exact details of the engagement remain scant, a fly on the wall says
they have everything to do with an upcoming political event. It is alleged that
the secret talks have advanced, and could see the supplier retained, to the
chagrin of those who have doubted its operations.
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CAN THE REAL owners of a firm behind the purchase of a pricey 'historical'
asset stand up? This is the call that a group of lawmakers were overheard
making after details emerged of the big money transaction around the property.
The lawmakers fear that individuals who have been eyeing the asset for eons may
be behind the company that has fronted itself as the face of the buyer. The
politicians vowed to invoke the law to compel disclosures of the beneficial
owners of the buying firm to unmask the faces behind the multibillion-shilling
transaction.
