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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The African Development Bank (AfDB) has debarred Chinese road builder China Henan International Corporation Group (CHICO) for engaging in \u201cfraudulent activity\u201d in a project the lender is funding in Uganda.<\/b><\/p>\n

The ban on the Henan-based constructor will last 12 months effective March 28, a period in which CHICO will not be able to participate in any new AfDB-funded projects on the continent including Kenya where it has an ongoing project.<\/p>\n

An AfDB investigation revealed that the Chinese road builder \u201cfailed to disclose the use of a commission agent while submitting a bid in the context of a tender for the procurement of civil works for upgrading of Rukungiri-Kihihi-Ishasha\/Kanungu to bituminous standard, a component of the Road Sector Support Project in Uganda,\u201d it said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The continental financier said the road project, spanning the southwestern and eastern parts of Uganda, is crucial to \u201cpromoting regional integration and cross-border trade with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya.\u201d<\/p>\n

CHICO has road projects in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, funded by the AfDB, World Bank, and local governments, some of which have also been marred in various ways.<\/p>\n

In 2022, CHICO abandoned the AfDB-funded Kisii-Isebania road project in southwestern Kenya, after it demanded payment of arrears amounting to Sh1.5 billion ($11.3 million).<\/p>\n

In 2019, the company was charged in a Kisii court, accused of forging lease agreements for parcels of land, and fraudulently obtaining soil valued at Sh3.7 million ($27,907) from a farmer.<\/p>\n

In Tanzania, CHICO is constructing a 57-kilometre road linking Mkiwa-Itigi and Noranga towns in Singida region in the central parts of the country.<\/p>\n

AfDB has lately been debarring many companies for what it terms as engagement in fraudulent activities in projects it funds.<\/p>\n

Last year, it prohibited five companies from engaging in the bank\u2019s funded or affiliated projects, among them Kenyan company Goldsun Investments, which was found to have engaged in corruption during a tender for the dualling of the 84km Kenol-Sagana-Marua highway in Central Kenya.<\/p>\n

Following the year-long ban, the Chinese contractor and any of its affiliates, including its leaders and subsidiaries, \u201cwill be ineligible to participate in Bank Group-financed activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the expiry of the debarment period, China Henan International Cooperation Group Company Limited will only be eligible to resume participation in African Development Bank Group-financed activities after it implements an integrity compliance program consistent with the Bank\u2019s guidelines,\u201d the lender said.<\/p>\n

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