The Public Investments Committee (PIC) chairman Adan Keynan. FILE PHOTO | NMG
The poor working relationship between
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), the contractor and the project consultant
is behind the delay in completion of the Sh48 billion Mombasa-Nairobi
oil pipeline, a House committee now says.
The Public
Investments Committee (PIC) says the tug-of-war between the KPC, the
contractor Zakhem International Construction (ZIC), and project
consultant Shengli Engineering & Consulting Company Limited (SLECC)
has adversely hampered the progress of works, which was scheduled for
completion by end of April.
The 450km pipeline was
expected to be completed by September 30 last year but was extended to
February 9, 2017 and further to April 28, 2017.
At the time PIC inspected the works in February the pipeline was 75.71 per cent done.
The
committee said that there is an apparent conflict of interest between
ZIC Ltd, and SLECC, which is owned by SINOPEC, one of the failed bidders
of the contract, but which ended up being awarded the consultancy
contract for the project.
“The alleged intentional
delay in submitting drawings issued for construction on October 2014 to
the contractor by three-and-a-half months after the expected date of
commencement of the project among other claims of sabotage by the
contractor may therefore be true,” PIC, chaired by Eldas MP Adan Keynan,
said.
The committee said the progress of work has been adversely affected by poor working relations among the three parties.
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