NAIROBI, May 20 (Reuters) - Kenya's biggest telecomsoperator, Safaricom, said on Friday that a leakeddraft report on its procurement processes did not show anywrongdoing.
Safaricom, which is 40 percent owned by Britain's Vodafone, had asked KPMG to study its procurement processes,seeking external expert views to help to strengthen complianceand internal governance.
The Nairobi-based Business Daily newspaper reported onTuesday that senior Safaricom executives were linked toquestionable tenders worth billions of shillings betweenSeptember 2013 to August 2015.
The company acknowledged that the draft report, leaked tolocal media outlets this month, clearly indicated thatimprovements were needed in the way Safaricom awards supplycontracts but said it had not pointed to any culpability withinthe firm.
"There is absolutely no evidence that any individual ororganisations benefited inappropriately from any of Safaricom'scommercial agreements," it said in a statement.
The draft report had been illegally obtained and leaked tothe public, Safaricom said, adding that it had reported thematter to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
(Reporting by Duncan Miriri; Editing by David Goodman)