Bashir Mohamed Tenders: Slain businessman Bashir Mohamed was not your ordinary businessman. He was well connected. He knew the people who matter in government. This is why he was able to get himself deals worth a shocking Sh. 2.53 billion from the government.
According to a report that appeared in The Standard newspaper, Bashir had just won two multi-million-shilling tender deals before he went missing in unclear circumstances on May 13. To begin with, Bashir had in November 2020 won a Sh. 729 million cheap housing construction tender in Nairobi. This deal was awarded to the firm by the State Department for Housing and Urban Development under the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works.
“The duration of the contract [which you expressed interest in on September 22, 2020] will be 16 weeks from the date of commencement, which will be duly communicated,” the tender award notice dated November 26, 2020, and addressed to Infinity Development Limited, stated.
The Standard reported that Infinity Development Limited, formerly known as Horn Construction Company, was founded in the year 2000. “Bashir later acquired it from its original owners. He then legally changed its name to Infinity Development, whose successful projects include the construction of the Sh. 600 million Uhuru Business Park in Kisumu that he and President Kenyatta inspected in person on October 22, 2020 ahead of its opening,” the paper reported.
In yet another deal, the Standard reported, Bashir had won a Sh. 1.8 billion tender to build prisons in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Sh. 1.8 billion facility murdered Bashir Mohamed was building
The Standard further reported that Bashir’s company Infinity Development Limited had, recently, been embroiled in a corporate war with another construction company. The dispute was escalated to the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority.
Bashir was murdered after getting abducted in Nairobi’s Kilimani area. His body was discovered three days after he went missing dumped by a river in Kerugoya, Kirinyaga County.