A Chinese company hired to build a new terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) wants to be paid a total of Sh22 billion for termination of its contract.
The firm, which had already received Sh4.3 billion by the time the contract was cancelled, has demanded another sum of Sh17.6 billion from the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA).
The Greenfield Terminal was to be built by ACEG-CATIC JV at an estimated cost of Sh64 billion.
“Through a letter dated November 10, 2017, the contractor submitted a claim of Sh17.6 billion to the Authority,”
KAA managing director Johnny Andersen told Parliament Thursday.
The tender was cancelled in March 2016 after Sh75 million had been spent on a ground-breaking ceremony that was presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta on May 23, 2014.
Sh129.9 million was paid to a consultant, Louise Berger, while PriceWaterHouseCoopers got Sh7 million for its role in securing the financier of the project.
