Electricity consumers have over the years been overbilled owing to malpractices in the procurement of heavy fuel oil that thermal power producers use to generate electricity. A forensic audit on the procurement of heavy fuel oil (HFO) by the thermal Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by the Auditor General shows that consumers paid billions of shillings […]
A case that has been catching dust in different investigative agencies has been awaken by the Auditor General’s report of 2020/21 bringing to life how the executives of Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation’s (REREC’s) were engaged in a procurement scam that saw the agency pay rogue contractors Sh800M for supplying substandard electricity poles. The […]
Kenya Power has suspended top leadership of the Supply Chain Division comprising 59 members with immediate effect. In a statement released on Thursday, the decision will pave way for forensic audit as recommended by the Presidential Taskforce on the Review of Power Purchase Agreements report presented to President Uhuru Kenyatta on September 29, 2021. “In […]
American Independent Power Producer (IPP) Ormat Power is on the spotlight in the US for booking outsized gains from Kenya, just days after the President appointed a taskforce to investigate power producers.The company’s filings to the Securities Exchange Commission of the United States of America says a huge percentage of income comes from Kenya Power. […]
The Government has directed Kenya Power to immediately suspend ongoing and pending negotiations with independent power producers. Interior CS Dr. Fred Matiang’i said the Company should also prioritize a review of existing agreements in a drive to lower cost of electricity in the country. Matiang’i, said the decision was in line with the recommendations of […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 15 – The government has paid Sh90 billion to electricity generator Rabai Power since singing a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Kenya Power, the sole electricity distributor, in 2010. While appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Energy, Rabai Power Finance Manager Zablon Okwoku revealed that the company charges Sh8 per kilowatt as […]
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu in the audit report tabled to Parliament on August 5, said the Ministry of Energy and Kenya Power should be held responsible for the Ksh.18.5 billion bill arising from the Lake Turkana wind farm project. The two parties did not ensure a competitive process in picking a contractor for the construction […]
The Supreme Court has set date for the hearing of a petition seeking clarification of whether former Cabinet minister Chris Okemo and former Kenya Power boss Samuel Gichuru can be extradited to Jersey Island to face theft and money laundering charges. The judges are expected to determine who between the Attorney-General and the Director of […]
It has emerged that the scandalous acting chairperson of Kenya Power Board, Vivienne Yeda Apopo and the former chairman of Kenya Pipeline John Ngumi are the architects behind the wrangles that have rocked the loss making Kenya Power. Apopo who has a history of championing controversies is now colluding with Ngumi, the man who chairs […]
Earlier today a middle-aged man was electrocuted to death while on a suicidal mission to vandalize high voltage KPLC cables in Athi River. According to oreliminary report from the Police, the victim was in a company of other five accomplices who targeted new HT cables under installation along Mombasa road. Kenya Power officers have been […]
DCI sleuths have officially started investigations into an alleged postpaid billing fraud at Kenya Power. On 27th of June, DCI had summoned 200 Kenya Power staff and customers summoned to record their statements at its headquarters. According to DCI director George Kinoti, millions of monies were lost through a collusion between the staff, brokers and […]
