Two firms linked to tycoon Jaswant Rai family, which owns Rai Group Limited, have won big in Kenya Power Power’s 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.
Timsales directors are listed as Jaswant Singh Rai, Onkar Singh Rai and Tejveer Singh Rai. Those of Rai Cement are indicated as Sarbjit Singh Rai, Sarbjit Singh Rai, Rajbir Singh, Chetan Vyas and Ndovu Milling Ltd.
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.
Rai family has interests in cement production (Rai Cement), edible oils and soaps (Menengai Oil Refineries), sawmilling (Timsales), wheat farming, horticulture and real estate (Tulip Properties).
Kenya Power had in February said in tender documents that it was seeking 76,657 treated wooden poles from local firms to connect more consumers to the national grid.
This was to complement concrete poles.
Among targeted areas for further connections are Nairobi, Nyeri, Meru, Embu, Thika, Kericho, Kisumu, Eldoret, Namanga, Malindi, Lamu and Garissa.
Other big winners in wooden poles tenders include Gilgil Treatment Industries (Sh104.14 million), Panocal International (Sh96.22 million), Line Enterprises (Sh92.65 million) and Oasis Capital (Sh82.47 million https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/companies/Rai-family-firms-win-big-in-Sh1-19bn-Kenya-Power-tenders/4003102-5572446-hphx1mz/index.html
Securing the bag. Kutender na kukula
I hear certain trees along [SIZE=1]bypass[/SIZE] are looking mighty healthy.
Ivo ndio kunaendanga.if you wait for a common wafula from khwisero, owiti from nyakatch or wanjohi from karatina to win such tenders, mtangoja saana
Rai is not Rai. Rai ni front ya ile family, nashukuru mungu Arror is ready to pay the ultimate cost, to put those parasitic owners of capital where they belong,
We all know, that we know, the known facts Rai.
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Rai+Kenya Power+Woods+billions =
No wonder some people want the status quo to remain…
hii tender haingepewa several companies watu wajiinue…? ama some people tu ndiyo wanaweza pewa tender…
The cheese will move soon…
I thought Timsales ni ya Uhunye
watu wala nyama banaa.
Those trees on the Eastern Bypass led to change in KPLC policy to go back to wood poles.
hiyo ni ndio uzzito.
Wenye nchi pwana
Be confident and say it… They have a hand also in kakuzi. Well known rumours
Baaaaassss. But Uhuru is like a toxic wife, yaani anakumaliza nguvu polepole tu. Imagining what the guy has done to Kenya, its incredible.
The RAI FAMILY IS KENYAS GUPTAS FAMILY. They single handedly bankrolled ruto.
Nakumbuka a certain saga where government fertilizers were routed to Raiply company to make glue.
Wkulima were crying mbolea imepotelea wapi.
RAI OWN KENYA.
Why should they bankroll Ruto, who is opposed to them? Shamba ya Chelugui si ni Moi na Rai hupanda wheat?
Also the largest owners of Kenya power.
They are slowly squeezing him out of his remaining capital. And cutting off his money supplies from the Exchequer. Ruto will have to run a presidential campaign with thin funds like Raila did in 2007, 2013 and 2017. Atajua, ajui.