In a shocking revelation, materials meant for the March 4 General Election were supplied a couple of weeks ago, a whole four months after the polls concluded. A company and a national agency contracted to supply lanterns and metal detectors curiously delivered the first batches of the equipment that was to cost Sh1.6 million too late. Solarmak, a private company, delivered 3,000 lanterns two weeks ago, being the first batch of 28,000 the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had requisitioned for the elections, our investigations reveal. The tender was worth Sh105 million. This week, the supplies unit of the Department of Public Works delivered to IEBC 5,000 metal detectors, being the first batch of 103,000 requisitioned for the polls. The tender was worth Sh1.5 billion. Both deliveries come nearly five months after the historic polls concluded and are now the subject of investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. The two tenders highlight the broken procedures and requisition of costly but unnecessary materials and equipment that became the hallmark of IEBC’s tendering process in the run-up to the polls. Documents in our possession indicate that Solarmak should not have won the tender to supply the lanterns in the first place; all the documents and certificates that accompanied their bid were found fake. Hard Questions The Certificate of Incorporation presented by Solarmak indicated the company was incorporated on August 2, 2008 whereas it was indeed registered on August 2, 2012.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:28:19 +0000
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