This one is carried out mostly by politicians and their proxies . A notice of Tender / Advertisement is placed in local newspapers and you an aspiring tenderpreneur quickly gets wind of it.
You apply by emailing all the necessary documents, certificate of incorporation, prequalification documents and KRA pins. After a few weeks you get a call and you are told to visit one of the govt offices where you are introduced to person A and B.
The persons asks for your bank statement and after a few chit chat they ask for a bribe in form of a gift so as to award you the tender. Knowing too well that you are going to benefit heavily from the deal you decide to bribe the “officials”.
After a few days or even a week you are awarded with an award letter and an LPO of the things you are to deliver to the govt now the ball is in your court you start the hustle of looking of a way to fulfill your end.
Most govt tenders go even up to billions and you take loans borrow money but eventually do order for the equipment . Little do you know that the said officials have been keeping tab on you and when you are ready to deliver they suggest that they will come and pick it up themselves.
You have the feeling that they have even saved you the cost of transportation . The guys turn up at your place with government vehicles complete with government stamps, seals and documents they are even at times escorted by police officers you then present to them your invoice/delivery receipt and they sign it then they are gone and tell you to expect payment in two weeks, after two weeks you call them you are told to follow up after two weeks there has been delayed payment from treasury. This game will continue until you yourself decide to visit the office only to find out that no such people exist and no such kind of tender was ever issued all the equipment that you supplied have vanished to thin air plus the bribe that you gave out.
You quickly involve the DCI but this is Kenya justice is rare and if they are caught the cases will drag in court for eternity .
Many Kenyans have fallen prey to this scam it often leads to depression and at times even suicide but the perpetrators always walk free flaunting.
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