The African Development Bank Group announced on 7 October 2021 that it had debarred Express Automation Limited, a Kenyan firm, for 36 months with effect from 18 August 2021.
According to the Bank, an investigation by its Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption found that Express Automation Limited engaged in fraudulent practices during a tender for the Technical Security Upgrade to the Bank's Eastern Africa Regional Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.
During the debarment period, Express Automation Limited and its affiliates will be ineligible to participate in Bank Group-financed projects. The debarment also qualifies for cross-debarment by other multilateral development banks under the Agreement for Mutual Enforcement of Debarment Decisions.
At the expiry of the debarment period, Express Automation Limited will only be eligible to resume participation in African Development Bank Group-financed projects after it implements an integrity compliance program consistent with the Bank's guidelines.
