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Kenya's Electricity Imports
  • Kenya Power has set aside $37 million of its procurement budget during the current financial year to women, youth and persons with disabilities (PWDs) under the AGPO programme despite low uptake of the tenders allocated to these groups.
  • The low uptake is due to reasons ranging from lack of duly registered and compliant business enterprises and low understanding of the e-procurement system. a 
  • Kenya has a legal requirement for women, youth and persons with disabilities to access 30 percent  of Government Procurement opportunities   

Kenya Power has set aside $37 million of its procurement budget during the current financial year to women, youth and persons with disabilities (PWDs) under the Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) program despite low uptake of the tenders allocated to these groups.

The utility company has noted that of the three groups, women continue to lag behind in the uptake of the procurement opportunities.

The low …