This archive report was first published on 3 July 2019.
DCI Probes Alleged Postpaid Billing Scandal at Kenya Power ¶
On June 27, 2019, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) launched an investigation into an alleged postpaid billing fraud at Kenya Power, summoning 200 staff and customers to record their statements at its headquarters.
According to DCI Director George Kinoti, millions of shillings were lost through a collusion between Kenya Power staff, brokers, and over 5,000 customers.
Those directors at Kenya Power and private companies implicated in the scandal will report to the DCI headquarters on diverse dates in July for further questioning.
Already, tens of suspects have recorded their statements with DCI detectives.
Kenya Power has been at the center of corruption for ages, with the company spending 15 times more to buy power from Independent Power Producers (IPPs) compared to Kengen in 2018.
Kenya Power's electricity purchase costs summary for 2018 records that the company spent a total of Sh64.8 billion to buy 10.7 billion kilowatts of power from 19 producers, up from Sh60.4 billion in 2017.
Other IPPs implicated in the scandal include Triumph Power Generating Company, Gulf Power Limited, Iberafrica Power, Power Tecnology Solution, Tsavo Power, Orpower 4 Inc, and Ethiopia and Uganda.
DCI detectives will also question the involvement of Sasini Coffee House Limited, Turbo Highway Eldoret, Eldoret Polytechnic, Franscisca Sisters of Anna, and Seventh Day Adventist Church, South Nyanza, in the billing fraud.
