This archive report was first published on 5 December 2019.
On December 5, 2019, a private citizen, Maureen Nyambura, filed a petition in the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi, challenging the appointment of Bernard Ngugi as the managing director of Kenya Power.
Ngugi, a former general manager in charge of supply chain at the utility firm, replaced Ken Tarus in October, who was kicked out last year following his arrest and charging with corruption in a case that is still ongoing.
The corruption purge at the electricity distributor in July last year saw the entire management team face the same fate as Mr Tarus. Ngugi is one of only three top managers who survived last year’s corruption clean-up by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
Ms Nyambura, through her lawyer Samuel Ndung’u, alleged that Ngugi was actively involved in fraudulent deals regarding the procurement and tendering processes for the supply of transformers in his previous position.
The matter will be heard on February 4, 2020.
