Kenya Power is facing a leadership crisis after three of its Board members resigned, barely two years after they were appointed to drive the company's turnaround.
The three members, Engineers Elizabeth Rogo, Abdulrazaq Ali, and Dr Caroline Kittony-Waiyaki, left the Board to pursue other personal interests, according to a notice by the firm.
They were among five non-executive directors appointed in July 2020, replacing old Board members who had resigned after the company recorded a Sh2.98 billion net loss for the full year to June 2020, its first loss in 17 years.
The resignation of the three comes just months after union workers had pushed for their ouster over tendering malpractices at the firm.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) had also summoned the Board's non-executive directors to appear before it to record statements over procurement fights at the utility company.
The leadership turmoil at Kenya Power continues, with most managers serving in acting capacities for over a year and no substantive CEO appointed to replace Bernard Ngugi, who quit the firm in August last year.
Just two weeks ago, the company appointed Geoffrey Muli as its new acting CEO, amid government-led negotiations with independent power producers over reduction of their power tariffs.
