KPLC senior managers who were arraigned in a Nairobi Court have been released on a Kshs 1 million cash bail each. Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti ordered the suspects to surrender their travel documents and not visit any KPLC installations.
They were further ordered to report to the DCI offices every fortnight and not to communicate with any witness. At least ten senior officials, led by suspended managing director Ken Tarus and company secretary Beatrice Meso faced charges of economic crime.
They were accused of leading to the loss of more than Kshs 400 million in the procurement of faulty transformers. The charges stated they conspired to commit an economic crime on diverse dates between August 3, 2013 and June 12, 2018 when they procured transformers to Muwa Trading Company. The senior officials denied the accusations of failure to comply with procurement laws and abuse of office. On Monday, Energy CS Charles Keter appointed Engineer Jared Omondi Otieno as the acting managing director of KPLC, Ambrose Lemaon was appointed the general manager in charge of finance while Joyce Awinja will be in charge of supply chain management.