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Rule-aware AI training for procurement teams in Kenya where people still make every award.

For procurement and supply chain officers in public bodies and private companies. Write clearer specifications and reports, and know exactly where AI must stop.

20+ organisations and institutions, including Kenyatta Trust and US Embassy in Kenya staff.

Some of the organisations we've trained and worked with

Can procurement officers in Kenya use AI on tenders?

AI training for procurement teams in Kenya should teach staff to use AI on preparation work, such as specifications, market research and letters, while tender contents stay out of public tools and every evaluation stays with people. FuKazee teaches this live, using masked examples from your own category of spending.

For public bodies, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015 sets the limits. Section 67 bars disclosure of the contents of tenders and of information on their evaluation, with named exceptions. Pasting a bid into a public AI tool puts that duty at risk. Section 80 places evaluation with a committee, using the criteria in the tender documents, and each member signs the report.

The Act applies to State organs and public entities, so private companies are not bound by it. They still sign supplier confidentiality agreements and answer to auditors, so the same habits serve them well. This page is general information. Ask your legal team about any specific case.

Procurement tasks where AI earns its place.

All of these happen before or around an award. None of them replaces the committee or the accounting officer.

Neutral specifications

Section 60 asks for clear requirements that allow fair competition, and restricts naming a brand. AI is good at spotting and rewriting these.

Criteria you can score

Section 80 wants criteria objective and quantifiable where possible. Practise turning phrases like "good experience" into something measurable.

Market surveys in Excel

Organise real quotations and past prices with Copilot or free tools. AI cannot know today's Nairobi prices, so the figures must come from suppliers.

Contract summaries

Pull obligations, dates and penalties from a masked contract into a plain table, and let your legal team check it.

Stock and reorder tracking

For supply chain officers: flag slow movers, late deliveries and reorder points from a stores export.

Everyday supplier letters

Draft delivery reminders and clarification requests quickly, in a firm and polite tone, then send them through the proper channel.

Try this today: remove the brand from a specification

A user department has asked for 20 laptops by brand and model. Under section 60, a specification should not point to one producer unless there is no other precise way to describe it, and it must then allow equivalents.

Try this prompt

You are helping a procurement officer in a Kenyan organisation improve a draft specification. The entity's name, the budget and all supplier names have been removed. Draft: [paste, for example "Supply of 20 Brand X Model Y laptops"] 1. Rewrite it as a functional specification that describes what the item must do and its minimum performance, with no brand, model or supplier name. 2. Flag any requirement that would favour one supplier, and explain why. 3. Suggest five evaluation criteria that can be scored objectively, and how each would be measured. 4. List what the user department still needs to confirm. Do not cite any law or section. Do not suggest prices.

Before you use the answer: Ask the user department whether the minimum performance is really what they need. Have your head of procurement review it against your tender template and the current law. Never run this exercise on a live bid.

Practical details for procurement units.

We shape the session around whether you work under the Act, under company policy, or under a donor's rules.

  1. 01

    Who should attend

    Procurement officers, supply chain and stores staff, and the user departments who write the first draft of a requirement.

  2. 02

    Sources we work from

    The Act, as published on Kenya Law, and your own manual. AI tools often misquote section numbers, so staff learn to read the source.

  3. 03

    The e-GP system

    The National Treasury is moving public bodies onto e-GP, and in September 2025 the High Court allowed manual and electronic processes during the transition. The position keeps changing, so check the latest PPRA circular for your entity.

  4. 04

    Confidential declarations

    Staff on a tender sign confidentiality declarations under section 67. We make plain what that means for AI use in daily work.

  5. 05

    Method

    No jargon, and we assume no prior AI use. The four Cs come first and CRAFT follows, with free tools shown beside Microsoft 365 and Copilot.

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    Delivery

    On-site in Kenya by arrangement, or live online. Our single base is HackHouse, Westlands, in Nairobi.

The seven modules your team can draw from.

We adapt the examples to your work, and you can run any module on its own.
Module 1

Understanding AI

The groundwork for adopting AI responsibly across your organisation.

Module 2

Prompt Engineering

Role prompts, few-shot examples and clearer instructions for better output.

Module 3

Best Practices and Verification

Token awareness, output checks and prompt libraries that keep quality high.

Module 4

Navigating the AI Landscape

Hands-on with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot and others.

Module 5

Tool Comparison and Evaluation

A way to choose tools without falling for vendor hype or lock-in.

Module 6

AI Agents and Workflow Optimisation

AI for reports, communication, research, document analysis and workflow redesign.

Module 7

AI Ethics, Risk, and Responsible Use

Data leakage, hallucinations, bias, prompt injection and policy design for real organisations.

3,000+People trained since 2022
20+Organisations and institutions trained
7Hands-on modules

Get a recommended training plan for procurement teams.

Six quick questions about your sector, team and goals. You'll see a recommended programme straight away, and the people who run the sessions follow up with you personally.

  • A programme matched to your sector and team size
  • An AI usage policy included if you need one
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What kind of organisation is this for?

Questions about aI training for procurement teams in Kenya.

Short answers. Anything else, ask us on WhatsApp and a person replies.

Can we paste supplier bids into ChatGPT?

No, not into a public tool. For public entities section 67 of the Act restricts disclosing tender contents. Private companies should treat bids the same way, because suppliers trusted you with their pricing.

Can AI score tenders for us?

It should not. In public procurement the evaluation committee does this work and its members sign the report. AI can help you prepare a blank scoring template before bids arrive.

Does AI know Kenyan procurement law?

Only partly, and it can sound certain while being wrong. It may quote a repealed rule or invent a section number. Always go back to the Act, the Regulations and your legal officer.

Do you teach staff how to operate the e-GP portal?

No. PPRA and the National Treasury are the right source for that. We help with the thinking and writing that happens before anything is uploaded.

We are a private company. Is this still useful?

Yes. Specifications, supplier comparisons, stock reports and contract summaries are much the same. We leave out the public procurement rules and follow your own policy instead.

Can FuKazee respond to our quotation request?

Yes. FuKazee Limited is a registered Kenyan company and can respond to a request for quotation. Send us the document and we will tell you what we can offer.

How do you price procurement training?

Cost follows the number of staff, the days needed, the venue and how much we adapt to your manual. You get a quote after we talk. Read our guide to what corporate AI training costs in Kenya.

Ready to start with procurement teams?

Tell us who needs training and what you want them to be able to do. The people who run the sessions reply to you themselves.