{
  "id": 9089408,
  "title": "Kenya Power, KCB, UN goods face auction after overstaying",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/kenya-power-kcb-un-goods-face-auction-after-overstaying",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-22T05:12:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Capital Business",
    "slug": "capital-business",
    "url": "https://capitalfm.africa/kenya-power-kcb-un-goods-face-auction-after-overstaying/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KRA lists Kenya Power, KCB Bank, Lifecare Hospitals, Reckitt Benckiser, the UN, and other organizations' goods for auction after overstaying in Customs warehouses. These consignments will be auctioned online through KRA's platform in October and November. Goods range from electrical equipment, medical supplies, solar products, industrial materials, machinery parts, and motor vehicles. Among the consignments is Kenya Power's high-voltage SF6 circuit breakers and other circuit breakers destined for Kenya. KCB Bank's consignment includes solar street lights and accessories, while Lifecare Hospitals' items consist of various medical supplies that arrived on the vessel Irenes Southern in January 2026. The UN's consignment consists of assorted foodstuffs for transit to Sudan and Abyei. The Embassy of Sweden and Equatorial Nut Processors Limited are listed with a safe and grinding machinery parts, respectively. The auction for Nairobi Inland Container Depot goods is set for October 19-23, with viewing on October 15-16, while Mombasa's auctions are scheduled from October 26-30 and November 2-6.",
  "summary": "The Kenya Revenue Authority listed the consignments in notices published in the Kenya Gazette on September 18, giving owners 30 days to enter and remove the goods from Customs custody before they are treated as abandoned.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}