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"content": "Mombasa. During that meeting, it became evident that there were conflicting test results which had been carried out by different authorities of the Government. It became incumbent upon us to carry out investigations. The meeting resolved that a team of Permanent Secretaries accompanied by officials from the respective institutions in their Ministries should go to Mombasa, carry out verifications and witness the sampling of maize for fresh tests. That meeting also resolved that an independent testing authority be appointed to carry out the test. So, as a result of the resolution of that meeting, we used the provisions of the Procurement Act, in particular Section 74, which allows for quick procurement under circumstances such as this one. So, there were other testing authorities. One of them was the SGS, which had tested this maize at its port of origin and was, therefore, disqualified on those grounds. The other testing authority, M/s Cotetna, did not have testing facilities at the Port of Mombasa. Therefore, that left M/s Intertek International Limited, which was appointed to go and carry out independent testing. This is provided for by Section 74 of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, which says:- âA procurement entity may use direct procurement as allowed under Section 203 as long as the purpose is not to avoid competition.â"
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