Investment group Centum has been temporarily stopped from signing a Sh174 billion coal power generation contract until a petition filed by a rival bidder is determined.
Justice Mumbi Ngugi on Thursday ruled that the High Court has the power to issue the orders requested by HCIG-Liketh, which has challenged the decision to award the multi-billion shilling tender to the Centum-Gulf Energy consortium.
The judge, however, threw out a petition by the losing bidder, which claimed that the tender award had violated its constitutional rights.
The appeal against award of the tender to the Centum consortium will, therefore, be heard before the petition committee.