for all of you intending to supply the government a bit of advice - dont fall for it because all is not as good as it seems!! i got a small tender to supply hardware materials at the district level from GOK,for which i had to part with almost 30% of the order value just to get the LPO in my name. this was last May. I supplied the order within 10 days,after negotiating a more than generous commission terms with the purchasing officer - almost 60% of my net profit!! and then i have been following up on the payment till last month! i.e. it took them almost one year to pay me! i borrowed from the bank a overdraft at 18% to be able to supply the order,so i had to bear the cost of the interest! and to top it all,i had to part with almost another 30% of the order value to pay the whole bureacracy of accountants to release my cheque. can you believe it despite the cheque being ready for 3 months,no one would release it till they got something. they did not want to consider my profit margins which are very low in hardware. they just said they work on a percentage of the cheque! so all in all after supplying a 1.2 million shilling order,i ended up making 7,772/- profit!!!!! i just ended up making money for government civil servants!! be wary before you venture into these lucrative supply orders!

and this years budget has given the highest allocation to cdf - my my corruption.....i guess everyone is looking for funding for 2012!

@pauloti... Thanks for the tip.

What risks would you be taking.... if you named the depts.?

Would be helpful if such stories/undercover investigations appeared on the News/Media.

If its supply of spares......... it definitely has to be CM&TE dept of the MOR

WOULD RATHER DIE FIGHTING 4 MY RIGHTS THAN LIVE FOREVER WITHOUT ANY RIGHTS

I hope you have learnt because you also played a role in corruption,you bribed for the prices to be inflated.You should face prosecution as you are an accoplice. Anyway Kenyans are their own undoing.When a vice benefits you-it is ok and when you are on the receiving end you cry wolf.You should realize that if the deal went through as you envisaged it would still have amounted to someone's pain- hardworking tax player who can't get the services from their taxes. Shame on all who abet this monster called corruption!

unlimited possibility

I now understand why all the GK supplies guys/accountants have large stomachs

And that is the gova side of the coin. Now welcome to the surreptitious side of the private sector. Man its so tangled you could die. Take Safaricom for example. Man,that procurement dept is slipping and so fast. Try to apply for a dealership or even an agency and see the currency that holds sway there. It's frighteningly agonising. I hope MJ gets to hear this for he will be taken aback at what he finds mutating in that company. I wonder who will slay the dragon. All the knights in armour are dunmb f***s and of little use to this country .... the Ringera's,Ali's and me included. I feel emasculated.

As a man thinketh so is he

Who said it only happens with govt....
My friend wanted a car loan from a reputable bank to do car hire job ....the payslip was somehow bad and he did not qualify the amount he wanted......a guy from the bank told him that credit dept guyz can work it out if motivated.
He did as advised and the loan was out 2 days later........

This thing corruption is everywhere.....public.....private and even our homes......think of a wife making demands for money and other precious things when she reads her man has reached mileage servicing.

Disclaimer : This is my opinion and not a recommendation.

At the hospital I work in,if you would like to get onto the elective theater list faster and have your operation done sooner than your prescribed time,all you have to do is to 'motivate' the surgeon!

Sleep is the cousin of death.

@pauloti;

SHAME ON YOU!!!!!

By you own admission,you got the LPO corruptly...you say...'i got a small tender to supply hardware materials at the district level from GOK,for which i had to part with almost 30% of the order value just to get the LPO in my name.'

To whom did you pay the 30%,to GoK or to an individual? GoK does NOT ask tenderers to pay anything for the LPO...you only need to provide a redeemable bank tender guarantee.

So; if you ask me,it serves you right for encouraging corruption from the word go!! SHANE ON YOU again!!!!

And as far as the PPOA and KACC are concerned; have you lodged a complaint with them? Oh,of course you can't because you are the one who started the corruption in the whole transaction!!!!

Yet again SHAME ON YOU!!!!!

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