By SubTel Forum
A company awarded an $82 million (Sh6.56 billion) supply contract to lay the fibre optic cable in Kenya, has agreed to pay $137 million (Sh10.6 billion) to settle US criminal and civil charges that it paid bribes in Kenya and other countries according to TechZone 360. Â Alcatel-Lucent SA, a French-based company was charged by US prosecutors in a federal court in Miami with violating the internal controls and records provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Â US and French authorities, investigated payments by Alcatel-CIT, which is the main subsidiary in France, made to a consultant in 2000 in connection to an unspecified supply contract in Kenya. Â French authorities are also conducting investigations to ascertain whether Kenyan public officials received bribes in the said project. Alcatel-Lucent says it has forwarded its own findings about these payments to them.
