Kenya cancels France backed Mau Summit toll highway contract
Nairobi, April 30 -- Kenya has cancelled the contract for the construction of the Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit toll road, citing among other things, high toll fees proposed by the French contractors.
A source at the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), the procuring agency for the construction of the 233-kilometre highway, told the Business Daily the deal had been terminated with the State planning to issue a fresh tender.
"The government has formally cancelled the tender (for the construction of the Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Highway). So, they will have to start the [tendering] process again," said the source who is not allowed to speak on behalf of the agency.
In June last year, the Roads Principal Secretary Joseph Mbugua said the...
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