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In early 90s a quiet scenario unfolded. It was one among many that never caught the public eye and this is the way it went... After submitting the tender and opening, this contractor was second lowest with a tender sum equal to kshs 160m for a 30km road construction. The lowest was at kshs 110m and the third lowest was at kshs 258m. The lowest was disqualified because his tender was non responsive and uncompliant. Once done the circus started. The tender evaluators calls the office for this contractor and says they would want to see and confirm the office equipment and the personnel. After two days they come to the office in Kirinyaga Road in the morning. They are taken through the office and introduced to the personnel. They leave after their inspection. Later in the afternoon, one of the evaluators calls and tells the MD that his tender was due for disqualification because of the office location. The MD protests and he is told to meet the evaluation team in Windsor Hotel where the evaluation is taking place. He goes to Windsor hotel and leaves 3 hours later less kshs 200k. Two days later the chairman of the evaluation team calls the MD and arranges for an inspection of heavy equipment and plant in the contractor's yard in industrial area. At the yard the evaluation team finds one grader, two earthmovers and four jcb excavators. The MD informs them that the other machinery and vehicles were in road upgrading construction site in Narok. Evaluators gone and a call comes the following day informing the MD to attend a meeting in Windsor later in the day. At Windsor, the evaluation team threaten to disqualify the contractor for giving inaccurate information on machinery and plant. The MD protests but the evaluators tells him to demobilise the machinery in Narok and bring them to Nairobi for them to see! After a lot of discussions, the MD leaves Windsor less kshs 350k in commitment. The evaluation team compiles the report and hands it over to the ministerial tender committee for further evaluation and processing. The same cycle begins albeit on a higher level of concern and "competence"...office location unpopularity costs the contractor kshs 0.5m in Masai Mara on a saturday evening and all expenses paid for by the contractor...machinery and plant, kshs 0.3m in Mombasa...audited financial statements for the previous 15 years, down by another kshs 0.5m in Eldoret. The tender committee compiles their report and present it for further processing and award...here something interesting happens. Someone who does not work in the ministry that was soliciting for the construction works calls the MD and requests for a meeting in intercontinental hotel. The MD goes and finds a panel of familiar wazee faces...politicians. After a lengthy discussion it is agreed that 10% of the tender sum has to be paid before the "total award". However, kshs 5m would have to be paid in advance in three days time and the rest to be paid in exchange with the letter of contract award...In Pretoria, South Africa a letter of award is issued after payment of US$200k. Back in Kirinyaga road, the contractor takes stalk of the pre-construction expenses which amounts to about kshs 21m (or kshs 27m including taxes). The contractor had tendered under a very small magin of 15% (kshs 24m) meaning that the profit for this job will just be a loss of kshs 3m...The MD looks at this loss figure that he is seeing on the paper and shaking his head stands up and makes three strides to the nearby files cabinet, opens one and draws out a quarter bottle of JB whiskey, takes two gulps and places back the cock, returns the half filled bottle back to the cabinet and closes it. He then turns to face the construction manager, the overall site supervisor/foreman and me, and then asks in a hoarse voice, "Now what!!!" Stay tuned folks!!!the contractor did not make a loss of kshs 3m!! ...besides, the presence of a safe alone does not signify that there is money inside...
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Kaigangio wrote:In early 90s a quiet scenario unfolded. It was one among many that never caught the public eye and this is the way it went...
After submitting the tender and opening, this contractor was second lowest with a tender sum equal to kshs 160m for a 30km road construction. The lowest was at kshs 110m and the third lowest was at kshs 258m.
The lowest was disqualified because his tender was non responsive and uncompliant. Once done the circus started.
The tender evaluators calls the office for this contractor and says they would want to see and confirm the office equipment and the personnel. After two days they come to the office in Kirinyaga Road in the morning. They are taken through the office and introduced to the personnel. They leave after their inspection. Later in the afternoon, one of the evaluators calls and tells the MD that his tender was due for disqualification because of the office location. The MD protests and he is told to meet the evaluation team in Windsor Hotel where the evaluation is taking place. He goes to Windsor hotel and leaves 3 hours later less kshs 200k.
Two days later the chairman of the evaluation team calls the MD and arranges for an inspection of heavy equipment and plant in the contractor's yard in industrial area. At the yard the evaluation team finds one grader, two earthmovers and four jcb excavators. The MD informs them that the other machinery and vehicles were in road upgrading construction site in Narok. Evaluators gone and a call comes the following day informing the MD to attend a meeting in Windsor later in the day. At Windsor, the evaluation team threaten to disqualify the contractor for giving inaccurate information on machinery and plant. The MD protests but the evaluators tells him to demobilise the machinery in Narok and bring them to Nairobi for them to see! After a lot of discussions, the MD leaves Windsor less kshs 350k in commitment.
The evaluation team compiles the report and hands it over to the ministerial tender committee for further evaluation and processing. The same cycle begins albeit on a higher level of concern and "competence"...office location unpopularity costs the contractor kshs 0.5m in Masai Mara on a saturday evening and all expenses paid for by the contractor...machinery and plant, kshs 0.3m in Mombasa...audited financial statements for the previous 15 years, down by another kshs 0.5m in Eldoret.
The tender committee compiles their report and present it for further processing and award...here something interesting happens. Someone who does not work in the ministry that was soliciting for the construction works calls the MD and requests for a meeting in intercontinental hotel. The MD goes and finds a panel of familiar wazee faces...politicians. After a lengthy discussion it is agreed that 10% of the tender sum has to be paid before the "total award". However, kshs 5m would have to be paid in advance in three days time and the rest to be paid in exchange with the letter of contract award...In Pretoria, South Africa a letter of award is issued after payment of US$200k.
Back in Kirinyaga road, the contractor takes stalk of the pre-construction expenses which amounts to about kshs 21m (or kshs 27m including taxes). The contractor had tendered under a very small magin of 15% (kshs 24m) meaning that the profit for this job will just be a loss of kshs 3m...The MD looks at this loss figure that he is seeing on the paper and shaking his head stands up and makes three strides to the nearby files cabinet, opens one and draws out a quarter bottle of JB whiskey, takes two gulps and places back the cock, returns the half filled bottle back to the cabinet and closes it. He then turns to face the construction manager, the overall site supervisor/foreman and me, and then asks in a hoarse voice, "Now what!!!"
Stay tuned folks!!!the contractor did not make a loss of kshs 3m!! Early 1990's. Kenya has not changed a bit after two decades. Same forest different monkey's.
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Wacha kutumezesha mate hivyo Kagizzard... leta uhondo..... I can't wait to read more of this..... This is one juicy story an excellent example of the anatomy of corruption, how deeply entrenched it is and how we all suffer for it.
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Hiyo dose is worse than governament prescription. Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune - Jim Rohn.
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sheri wrote:Kaigangio wrote:In early 90s a quiet scenario unfolded. It was one among many that never caught the public eye and this is the way it went...
After submitting the tender and opening, this contractor was second lowest with a tender sum equal to kshs 160m for a 30km road construction. The lowest was at kshs 110m and the third lowest was at kshs 258m.
The lowest was disqualified because his tender was non responsive and uncompliant. Once done the circus started.
The tender evaluators calls the office for this contractor and says they would want to see and confirm the office equipment and the personnel. After two days they come to the office in Kirinyaga Road in the morning. They are taken through the office and introduced to the personnel. They leave after their inspection. Later in the afternoon, one of the evaluators calls and tells the MD that his tender was due for disqualification because of the office location. The MD protests and he is told to meet the evaluation team in Windsor Hotel where the evaluation is taking place. He goes to Windsor hotel and leaves 3 hours later less kshs 200k.
Two days later the chairman of the evaluation team calls the MD and arranges for an inspection of heavy equipment and plant in the contractor's yard in industrial area. At the yard the evaluation team finds one grader, two earthmovers and four jcb excavators. The MD informs them that the other machinery and vehicles were in road upgrading construction site in Narok. Evaluators gone and a call comes the following day informing the MD to attend a meeting in Windsor later in the day. At Windsor, the evaluation team threaten to disqualify the contractor for giving inaccurate information on machinery and plant. The MD protests but the evaluators tells him to demobilise the machinery in Narok and bring them to Nairobi for them to see! After a lot of discussions, the MD leaves Windsor less kshs 350k in commitment.
The evaluation team compiles the report and hands it over to the ministerial tender committee for further evaluation and processing. The same cycle begins albeit on a higher level of concern and "competence"...office location unpopularity costs the contractor kshs 0.5m in Masai Mara on a saturday evening and all expenses paid for by the contractor...machinery and plant, kshs 0.3m in Mombasa...audited financial statements for the previous 15 years, down by another kshs 0.5m in Eldoret.
The tender committee compiles their report and present it for further processing and award...here something interesting happens. Someone who does not work in the ministry that was soliciting for the construction works calls the MD and requests for a meeting in intercontinental hotel. The MD goes and finds a panel of familiar wazee faces...politicians. After a lengthy discussion it is agreed that 10% of the tender sum has to be paid before the "total award". However, kshs 5m would have to be paid in advance in three days time and the rest to be paid in exchange with the letter of contract award...In Pretoria, South Africa a letter of award is issued after payment of US$200k.
Back in Kirinyaga road, the contractor takes stalk of the pre-construction expenses which amounts to about kshs 21m (or kshs 27m including taxes). The contractor had tendered under a very small magin of 15% (kshs 24m) meaning that the profit for this job will just be a loss of kshs 3m...The MD looks at this loss figure that he is seeing on the paper and shaking his head stands up and makes three strides to the nearby files cabinet, opens one and draws out a quarter bottle of JB whiskey, takes two gulps and places back the cock, returns the half filled bottle back to the cabinet and closes it. He then turns to face the construction manager, the overall site supervisor/foreman and me, and then asks in a hoarse voice, "Now what!!!"
Stay tuned folks!!!the contractor did not make a loss of kshs 3m!! Early 1990's. Kenya has not changed a bit after two decades. Same forest different monkey's. @Kaigangio. Where is part two? WHO DARES WINS
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Since kira mutu amekula haki yake, hiyo project itakuwa 25 km
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sheri wrote:Kaigangio wrote:In early 90s a quiet scenario unfolded. It was one among many that never caught the public eye and this is the way it went...
After submitting the tender and opening, this contractor was second lowest with a tender sum equal to kshs 160m for a 30km road construction. The lowest was at kshs 110m and the third lowest was at kshs 258m.
The lowest was disqualified because his tender was non responsive and uncompliant. Once done the circus started.
The tender evaluators calls the office for this contractor and says they would want to see and confirm the office equipment and the personnel. After two days they come to the office in Kirinyaga Road in the morning. They are taken through the office and introduced to the personnel. They leave after their inspection. Later in the afternoon, one of the evaluators calls and tells the MD that his tender was due for disqualification because of the office location. The MD protests and he is told to meet the evaluation team in Windsor Hotel where the evaluation is taking place. He goes to Windsor hotel and leaves 3 hours later less kshs 200k.
Two days later the chairman of the evaluation team calls the MD and arranges for an inspection of heavy equipment and plant in the contractor's yard in industrial area. At the yard the evaluation team finds one grader, two earthmovers and four jcb excavators. The MD informs them that the other machinery and vehicles were in road upgrading construction site in Narok. Evaluators gone and a call comes the following day informing the MD to attend a meeting in Windsor later in the day. At Windsor, the evaluation team threaten to disqualify the contractor for giving inaccurate information on machinery and plant. The MD protests but the evaluators tells him to demobilise the machinery in Narok and bring them to Nairobi for them to see! After a lot of discussions, the MD leaves Windsor less kshs 350k in commitment.
The evaluation team compiles the report and hands it over to the ministerial tender committee for further evaluation and processing. The same cycle begins albeit on a higher level of concern and "competence"...office location unpopularity costs the contractor kshs 0.5m in Masai Mara on a saturday evening and all expenses paid for by the contractor...machinery and plant, kshs 0.3m in Mombasa...audited financial statements for the previous 15 years, down by another kshs 0.5m in Eldoret.
The tender committee compiles their report and present it for further processing and award...here something interesting happens. Someone who does not work in the ministry that was soliciting for the construction works calls the MD and requests for a meeting in intercontinental hotel. The MD goes and finds a panel of familiar wazee faces...politicians. After a lengthy discussion it is agreed that 10% of the tender sum has to be paid before the "total award". However, kshs 5m would have to be paid in advance in three days time and the rest to be paid in exchange with the letter of contract award...In Pretoria, South Africa a letter of award is issued after payment of US$200k.
Back in Kirinyaga road, the contractor takes stalk of the pre-construction expenses which amounts to about kshs 21m (or kshs 27m including taxes). The contractor had tendered under a very small magin of 15% (kshs 24m) meaning that the profit for this job will just be a loss of kshs 3m...The MD looks at this loss figure that he is seeing on the paper and shaking his head stands up and makes three strides to the nearby files cabinet, opens one and draws out a quarter bottle of JB whiskey, takes two gulps and places back the cock, returns the half filled bottle back to the cabinet and closes it. He then turns to face the construction manager, the overall site supervisor/foreman and me, and then asks in a hoarse voice, "Now what!!!"
Stay tuned folks!!!the contractor did not make a loss of kshs 3m!! Early 1990's. Kenya has not changed a bit after two decades. Same forest different monkey's. True @sheri…the vultures, the hyenas and the crocs have only changed the colour of the clothing, but have become idiots who cannot design a fool proof method of eating. ...besides, the presence of a safe alone does not signify that there is money inside...
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Kaigangio wrote:sheri wrote:Kaigangio wrote:In early 90s a quiet scenario unfolded. It was one among many that never caught the public eye and this is the way it went...
After submitting the tender and opening, this contractor was second lowest with a tender sum equal to kshs 160m for a 30km road construction. The lowest was at kshs 110m and the third lowest was at kshs 258m.
The lowest was disqualified because his tender was non responsive and uncompliant. Once done the circus started.
The tender evaluators calls the office for this contractor and says they would want to see and confirm the office equipment and the personnel. After two days they come to the office in Kirinyaga Road in the morning. They are taken through the office and introduced to the personnel. They leave after their inspection. Later in the afternoon, one of the evaluators calls and tells the MD that his tender was due for disqualification because of the office location. The MD protests and he is told to meet the evaluation team in Windsor Hotel where the evaluation is taking place. He goes to Windsor hotel and leaves 3 hours later less kshs 200k.
Two days later the chairman of the evaluation team calls the MD and arranges for an inspection of heavy equipment and plant in the contractor's yard in industrial area. At the yard the evaluation team finds one grader, two earthmovers and four jcb excavators. The MD informs them that the other machinery and vehicles were in road upgrading construction site in Narok. Evaluators gone and a call comes the following day informing the MD to attend a meeting in Windsor later in the day. At Windsor, the evaluation team threaten to disqualify the contractor for giving inaccurate information on machinery and plant. The MD protests but the evaluators tells him to demobilise the machinery in Narok and bring them to Nairobi for them to see! After a lot of discussions, the MD leaves Windsor less kshs 350k in commitment.
The evaluation team compiles the report and hands it over to the ministerial tender committee for further evaluation and processing. The same cycle begins albeit on a higher level of concern and "competence"...office location unpopularity costs the contractor kshs 0.5m in Masai Mara on a saturday evening and all expenses paid for by the contractor...machinery and plant, kshs 0.3m in Mombasa...audited financial statements for the previous 15 years, down by another kshs 0.5m in Eldoret.
The tender committee compiles their report and present it for further processing and award...here something interesting happens. Someone who does not work in the ministry that was soliciting for the construction works calls the MD and requests for a meeting in intercontinental hotel. The MD goes and finds a panel of familiar wazee faces...politicians. After a lengthy discussion it is agreed that 10% of the tender sum has to be paid before the "total award". However, kshs 5m would have to be paid in advance in three days time and the rest to be paid in exchange with the letter of contract award...In Pretoria, South Africa a letter of award is issued after payment of US$200k.
Back in Kirinyaga road, the contractor takes stalk of the pre-construction expenses which amounts to about kshs 21m (or kshs 27m including taxes). The contractor had tendered under a very small magin of 15% (kshs 24m) meaning that the profit for this job will just be a loss of kshs 3m...The MD looks at this loss figure that he is seeing on the paper and shaking his head stands up and makes three strides to the nearby files cabinet, opens one and draws out a quarter bottle of JB whiskey, takes two gulps and places back the cock, returns the half filled bottle back to the cabinet and closes it. He then turns to face the construction manager, the overall site supervisor/foreman and me, and then asks in a hoarse voice, "Now what!!!"
Stay tuned folks!!!the contractor did not make a loss of kshs 3m!! Early 1990's. Kenya has not changed a bit after two decades. Same forest different monkey's. True @sheri…the vultures, the hyenas and the crocs have only changed the colour of the clothing, but have become idiots who cannot design a fool proof method of eating. May be we are better informed today than we were then.
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Kusadikika wrote:Wacha kutumezesha mate hivyo Kagizzard... leta uhondo..... I can't wait to read more of this..... This is one juicy story an excellent example of the anatomy of corruption, how deeply entrenched it is and how we all suffer for it. Just relax @kusadikika…uhondo is coming. It might make some of us faint...:  ...besides, the presence of a safe alone does not signify that there is money inside...
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Kaigangio wrote:Kusadikika wrote:Wacha kutumezesha mate hivyo Kagizzard... leta uhondo..... I can't wait to read more of this..... This is one juicy story an excellent example of the anatomy of corruption, how deeply entrenched it is and how we all suffer for it. Just relax @kusadikika…uhondo is coming. It might make some of us faint...: We are waiting.  WHO DARES WINS
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Jump-steady wrote:Kaigangio wrote:sheri wrote:Kaigangio wrote:In early 90s a quiet scenario unfolded. It was one among many that never caught the public eye and this is the way it went...
After submitting the tender and opening, this contractor was second lowest with a tender sum equal to kshs 160m for a 30km road construction. The lowest was at kshs 110m and the third lowest was at kshs 258m.
The lowest was disqualified because his tender was non responsive and uncompliant. Once done the circus started.
The tender evaluators calls the office for this contractor and says they would want to see and confirm the office equipment and the personnel. After two days they come to the office in Kirinyaga Road in the morning. They are taken through the office and introduced to the personnel. They leave after their inspection. Later in the afternoon, one of the evaluators calls and tells the MD that his tender was due for disqualification because of the office location. The MD protests and he is told to meet the evaluation team in Windsor Hotel where the evaluation is taking place. He goes to Windsor hotel and leaves 3 hours later less kshs 200k.
Two days later the chairman of the evaluation team calls the MD and arranges for an inspection of heavy equipment and plant in the contractor's yard in industrial area. At the yard the evaluation team finds one grader, two earthmovers and four jcb excavators. The MD informs them that the other machinery and vehicles were in road upgrading construction site in Narok. Evaluators gone and a call comes the following day informing the MD to attend a meeting in Windsor later in the day. At Windsor, the evaluation team threaten to disqualify the contractor for giving inaccurate information on machinery and plant. The MD protests but the evaluators tells him to demobilise the machinery in Narok and bring them to Nairobi for them to see! After a lot of discussions, the MD leaves Windsor less kshs 350k in commitment.
The evaluation team compiles the report and hands it over to the ministerial tender committee for further evaluation and processing. The same cycle begins albeit on a higher level of concern and "competence"...office location unpopularity costs the contractor kshs 0.5m in Masai Mara on a saturday evening and all expenses paid for by the contractor...machinery and plant, kshs 0.3m in Mombasa...audited financial statements for the previous 15 years, down by another kshs 0.5m in Eldoret.
The tender committee compiles their report and present it for further processing and award...here something interesting happens. Someone who does not work in the ministry that was soliciting for the construction works calls the MD and requests for a meeting in intercontinental hotel. The MD goes and finds a panel of familiar wazee faces...politicians. After a lengthy discussion it is agreed that 10% of the tender sum has to be paid before the "total award". However, kshs 5m would have to be paid in advance in three days time and the rest to be paid in exchange with the letter of contract award...In Pretoria, South Africa a letter of award is issued after payment of US$200k.
Back in Kirinyaga road, the contractor takes stalk of the pre-construction expenses which amounts to about kshs 21m (or kshs 27m including taxes). The contractor had tendered under a very small magin of 15% (kshs 24m) meaning that the profit for this job will just be a loss of kshs 3m...The MD looks at this loss figure that he is seeing on the paper and shaking his head stands up and makes three strides to the nearby files cabinet, opens one and draws out a quarter bottle of JB whiskey, takes two gulps and places back the cock, returns the half filled bottle back to the cabinet and closes it. He then turns to face the construction manager, the overall site supervisor/foreman and me, and then asks in a hoarse voice, "Now what!!!"
Stay tuned folks!!!the contractor did not make a loss of kshs 3m!! Early 1990's. Kenya has not changed a bit after two decades. Same forest different monkey's. True @sheri…the vultures, the hyenas and the crocs have only changed the colour of the clothing, but have become idiots who cannot design a fool proof method of eating. May be we are better informed today than we were then. @Jump steady…not really. The eaters have become badly way off with no or little idea on how to cover their trucks professionally. ...besides, the presence of a safe alone does not signify that there is money inside...
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marko wrote:Kaigangio wrote:Kusadikika wrote:Wacha kutumezesha mate hivyo Kagizzard... leta uhondo..... I can't wait to read more of this..... This is one juicy story an excellent example of the anatomy of corruption, how deeply entrenched it is and how we all suffer for it. Just relax @kusadikika…uhondo is coming. It might make some of us faint...: We are waiting. @Marko hehehe…you don't step on an elephant shit when it is fresh and hot . Ngonja kutakujwo. ...besides, the presence of a safe alone does not signify that there is money inside...
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Jump-steady wrote:Kaigangio wrote:sheri wrote:Kaigangio wrote:In early 90s a quiet scenario unfolded. It was one among many that never caught the public eye and this is the way it went...
After submitting the tender and opening, this contractor was second lowest with a tender sum equal to kshs 160m for a 30km road construction. The lowest was at kshs 110m and the third lowest was at kshs 258m.
The lowest was disqualified because his tender was non responsive and uncompliant. Once done the circus started.
The tender evaluators calls the office for this contractor and says they would want to see and confirm the office equipment and the personnel. After two days they come to the office in Kirinyaga Road in the morning. They are taken through the office and introduced to the personnel. They leave after their inspection. Later in the afternoon, one of the evaluators calls and tells the MD that his tender was due for disqualification because of the office location. The MD protests and he is told to meet the evaluation team in Windsor Hotel where the evaluation is taking place. He goes to Windsor hotel and leaves 3 hours later less kshs 200k.
Two days later the chairman of the evaluation team calls the MD and arranges for an inspection of heavy equipment and plant in the contractor's yard in industrial area. At the yard the evaluation team finds one grader, two earthmovers and four jcb excavators. The MD informs them that the other machinery and vehicles were in road upgrading construction site in Narok. Evaluators gone and a call comes the following day informing the MD to attend a meeting in Windsor later in the day. At Windsor, the evaluation team threaten to disqualify the contractor for giving inaccurate information on machinery and plant. The MD protests but the evaluators tells him to demobilise the machinery in Narok and bring them to Nairobi for them to see! After a lot of discussions, the MD leaves Windsor less kshs 350k in commitment.
The evaluation team compiles the report and hands it over to the ministerial tender committee for further evaluation and processing. The same cycle begins albeit on a higher level of concern and "competence"...office location unpopularity costs the contractor kshs 0.5m in Masai Mara on a saturday evening and all expenses paid for by the contractor...machinery and plant, kshs 0.3m in Mombasa...audited financial statements for the previous 15 years, down by another kshs 0.5m in Eldoret.
The tender committee compiles their report and present it for further processing and award...here something interesting happens. Someone who does not work in the ministry that was soliciting for the construction works calls the MD and requests for a meeting in intercontinental hotel. The MD goes and finds a panel of familiar wazee faces...politicians. After a lengthy discussion it is agreed that 10% of the tender sum has to be paid before the "total award". However, kshs 5m would have to be paid in advance in three days time and the rest to be paid in exchange with the letter of contract award...In Pretoria, South Africa a letter of award is issued after payment of US$200k.
Back in Kirinyaga road, the contractor takes stalk of the pre-construction expenses which amounts to about kshs 21m (or kshs 27m including taxes). The contractor had tendered under a very small magin of 15% (kshs 24m) meaning that the profit for this job will just be a loss of kshs 3m...The MD looks at this loss figure that he is seeing on the paper and shaking his head stands up and makes three strides to the nearby files cabinet, opens one and draws out a quarter bottle of JB whiskey, takes two gulps and places back the cock, returns the half filled bottle back to the cabinet and closes it. He then turns to face the construction manager, the overall site supervisor/foreman and me, and then asks in a hoarse voice, "Now what!!!"
Stay tuned folks!!!the contractor did not make a loss of kshs 3m!! Early 1990's. Kenya has not changed a bit after two decades. Same forest different monkey's. True @sheri…the vultures, the hyenas and the crocs have only changed the colour of the clothing, but have become idiots who cannot design a fool proof method of eating. May be we are better informed today than we were then. Don't use the word informed and kenyans in the same sentence, we just have access to information than before.If we were informed,we would make rational decisions during voting which is not the case now If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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To me these are not tribulations unless you wanted to say "Tribulations a Kenyan tax payer undergoes under the hands of corrupt state employees and unethical contractors" If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Swenani wrote:To me these are not tribulations unless you wanted to say "Tribulations a Kenyan tax payer undergoes under the hands of corrupt state employees and unethical contractors" You are wrong @swenani. If I read correctly the contractor is being bothered by the evaluators over non issues so that they can be bribed. Can't believe that the contractor had to spend more than kshs 20m before he could be given the job…what a risk? Or did I read my own things?
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Baratang wrote:Swenani wrote:To me these are not tribulations unless you wanted to say "Tribulations a Kenyan tax payer undergoes under the hands of corrupt state employees and unethical contractors" You are wrong @swenani. If I read correctly the contractor is being bothered by the evaluators over non issues so that they can be bribed. Can't believe that the contractor had to spend more than kshs 20m before he could be given the job…what a risk? Or did I read my own things? Was he forced to give the money?He was being bothered because they knew he was unethical and he could do anything to get a business opportunity If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Kaigangio wrote:In early 90s a quiet scenario unfolded. It was one among many that never caught the public eye and this is the way it went...
After submitting the tender and opening, this contractor was second lowest with a tender sum equal to kshs 160m for a 30km road construction. The lowest was at kshs 110m and the third lowest was at kshs 258m.
The lowest was disqualified because his tender was non responsive and uncompliant. Once done the circus started.
The tender evaluators calls the office for this contractor and says they would want to see and confirm the office equipment and the personnel. After two days they come to the office in Kirinyaga Road in the morning. They are taken through the office and introduced to the personnel. They leave after their inspection. Later in the afternoon, one of the evaluators calls and tells the MD that his tender was due for disqualification because of the office location. The MD protests and he is told to meet the evaluation team in Windsor Hotel where the evaluation is taking place. He goes to Windsor hotel and leaves 3 hours later less kshs 200k.
Two days later the chairman of the evaluation team calls the MD and arranges for an inspection of heavy equipment and plant in the contractor's yard in industrial area. At the yard the evaluation team finds one grader, two earthmovers and four jcb excavators. The MD informs them that the other machinery and vehicles were in road upgrading construction site in Narok. Evaluators gone and a call comes the following day informing the MD to attend a meeting in Windsor later in the day. At Windsor, the evaluation team threaten to disqualify the contractor for giving inaccurate information on machinery and plant. The MD protests but the evaluators tells him to demobilise the machinery in Narok and bring them to Nairobi for them to see! After a lot of discussions, the MD leaves Windsor less kshs 350k in commitment.
The evaluation team compiles the report and hands it over to the ministerial tender committee for further evaluation and processing. The same cycle begins albeit on a higher level of concern and "competence"...office location unpopularity costs the contractor kshs 0.5m in Masai Mara on a saturday evening and all expenses paid for by the contractor...machinery and plant, kshs 0.3m in Mombasa...audited financial statements for the previous 15 years, down by another kshs 0.5m in Eldoret.
The tender committee compiles their report and present it for further processing and award...here something interesting happens. Someone who does not work in the ministry that was soliciting for the construction works calls the MD and requests for a meeting in intercontinental hotel. The MD goes and finds a panel of familiar wazee faces...politicians. After a lengthy discussion it is agreed that 10% of the tender sum has to be paid before the "total award". However, kshs 5m would have to be paid in advance in three days time and the rest to be paid in exchange with the letter of contract award...In Pretoria, South Africa a letter of award is issued after payment of US$200k.
Back in Kirinyaga road, the contractor takes stalk of the pre-construction expenses which amounts to about kshs 21m (or kshs 27m including taxes). The contractor had tendered under a very small magin of 15% (kshs 24m) meaning that the profit for this job will just be a loss of kshs 3m...The MD looks at this loss figure that he is seeing on the paper and shaking his head stands up and makes three strides to the nearby files cabinet, opens one and draws out a quarter bottle of JB whiskey, takes two gulps and places back the cock, returns the half filled bottle back to the cabinet and closes it. He then turns to face the construction manager, the overall site supervisor/foreman and me, and then asks in a hoarse voice, "Now what!!!"
Stay tuned folks!!!the contractor did not make a loss of kshs 3m!! I'm tuned-in ile mbaya. Trying to put myself in the MD's shoes. Cannot wait to hear his devious plan of how he shafted the Kenyan public after being shafted by the wazees.. Dumb money becomes dumb only when it listens to smart money
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/19/2015 Posts: 2,871 Location: hapo
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hiii story inendelee jameni Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/22/2008 Posts: 2,695
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alma1 wrote:hiii story inendelee jameni Hear! hear! Kaigangio don't do us like that, what happened next??!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/27/2007 Posts: 2,768
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Alright guys! The contractor did not make a loss of ksh 3m… Instead he made a total profit of kshs 70m!!! Don't be shocked...the shocker is coming shortly! ...besides, the presence of a safe alone does not signify that there is money inside...
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