China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) is currently in the spotlight in Kenya following the massive tenders it has won to construct major infrastructure projects worth Sh1.4 trillion.
The state-owned firm, which is owned by the Chinese government, is one of the most corrupt firms conducting business outside China.
In Kenya, CRBC has won massive projects after bribing senior government officials with billions of shillings in exchange for tenders.
For instance, in the last 10 years, CRBC has won projects in Kenya estimated at Sh1.4 trillion.
Due to massive corruption in Kenya, a bidder must allegedly bribe officials with 10 percent of the total tender value to win. This means CRBC would have paid Kenyan government officials Sh140 billion to win those tenders.
Here are the tenders won by CRBC through massive corruption and the greasing of senior government officials’ hands:
- Mombasa–Nairobi SGR – Sh658 billion
- Nairobi–Naivasha SGR – Sh153 billion
- Nairobi Inland Container Depot – Sh21 billion
- Nairobi Expressway – Sh86.8 billion
- Nairobi Southern Bypass – Sh18 billion
- Nairobi Eastern Bypass – Sh9.3 billion
- Nairobi Northern Bypass – Sh8.5 billion
- Nairobi–Nakuru–Mau Summit Highway – Sh183.7 billion
- Talanta Stadium – Sh45.8 billion
- Bomas International Convention Centre – Sh42 billion
- JKIA modernisation – Sh154 billion
- Galana Dam – Sh39 billion
- Old Mombasa Road upgrade – Sh3.2 billion
- Nairobi streetlighting – Sh1.2 billion
- James Gichuru Road–JKIA capacity enhancement – Sh4.9 billion
- Jabali Towers, Tatu City – Sh7 billion
