Two Rai family firms win big in Sh1.19bn Kenya Power tenders
Monday, June 8, 2020 0:01
By PATRICK ALUSHULA
Kenya Power is going to spend Sh873.73m in paying firms that won tenders to supply wooden poles.
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Two firms linked to tycoon Jaswant Rai family, which owns Rai Group Limited, have won big in Kenya Power Power’s #ticker:KPLC tenders for the supply of Sh1.198 billion concrete and wooden poles.
Kenya Power’s latest notification of tender awards show that Timsales Limited will supply wooden poles worth Sh112.87 million while its sister company Rai Cement will deliver concrete poles valued at Sh70.13 million.
Kenya Power is going to spend Sh873.73 million in paying firms that won tenders to supply wooden poles while Sh324.81 million will pay firms to deliver concrete poles.
Timsales tender award is the largest among the 13 firms that have won the tender to supply wooden poles while that of Rai Cement is the second largest among the six companies that have bagged concrete poles tender.
