The government of Kenya through the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) has invited the general public for an auction of KALRO-boarded assets.
The auction, featuring items ranging from motor vehicles to various household items, will span over three weeks starting next month. It will be held in various locations across the country.
Through a notice released on February 20, KALRO intends to auction different types of vehicles, old tyres and batteries.
On top of it, it also plans to dispose of Laboratory Equipment, Office Equipment, Farm Equipment, Scrap Materials, Used Furniture, ICT Equipment and Accessories, among others.
The auction will commence at the KALRO headquarters in Loresho on March 1st and will subsequently take place in Garissa and Limuru on March 25th.
Other auction locations include Nairobi, Mombasa, Naivasha, Kisumu, Embu, Kisii, Kakamega, Kitale, and Njoro.
How to bid
Interested bidders will view the items where they are, at different KALRO research institutes and food centres however the bidding will take place at the KALRO offices near you.
Each interested bidder must make a Refundable Bidding Fee of Ksh 50,000 per lot for any desired Motor vehicle and Ksh 5,000 per lot for other categories of goods/ equipment and will be issued with a receipt notice.
Bidding will be done at least one hour before the auction and at the fall of the hammer, the highest bidder will pay 25 % of the bid, if he fails to make it the good will go to the second highest bidder.
For the winners, items are expected to be collected within seven days after making the full payment. Failure to do so will result in a storage fee of Ksh 500 charged daily for the next thirty days. If the goods remain uncollected after this period, both the item and the payment will be forfeited.
Refunds to unsuccessful bidders will be made seven days after the auction.
