The Kenya Energy Board Managing Director & Chief Government Officer Joseph Siror when he appeared earlier than the Nationwide Meeting Committee on power at Continental Home Nairobi on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG
A parliamentary watchdog needs particulars of Sh7 billion paid to Lake Turkana Wind Energy (LTWP) for idle energy made public.
The Nationwide Meeting Committee on Power on Wednesday known as on Kenya Energy to furnish it with particulars resembling the one who authorised the cost, which vote was the cash charged and the restoration plans put in place by the agency.
In a gathering with officers from Kenya Energy led by Managing Director Joseph Siror, the MPs stated public officers who participated in authorising cost of Sh7 billion of taxpayers for power that was by no means consumed have to be held accountable.
The committee chairman Vincent Musyoka stated the deal that led to the LTWP pocketing the Sh7 billion is suspicious and have to be investigated.
“I’ve been making an attempt to grasp this deal that we paid for energy we didn’t use. Any individual must take duty for this,” Mr Musyoka stated.
“This deal was unlawful and there was a attainable theft in it, there was additionally curiosity within the contract that led us to purchase extra energy than what we would have liked and likewise pay for energy that was not used,” he added.
Mr Musyoka questioned the clause within the contract the federal government acquired into with LTWP in 2009 which stipulated that if the corporate finishes the work however the transmission line which was to be constructed by the federal government wasn’t prepared, then taxpayers would pay for the penalties.
Awendo MP Walter Owino stated sector gamers have by no means come clear on the deal.
“We want particulars of this contract. Whether or not it’s Kenya Energy or Ketraco, we wish particulars resembling how a lot has been paid thus far to LTWP, which vote was used to make the cost and who made the cost,” Mr Owino stated.
