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Senators probe wind firm's Sh24b demand

Lake Turkana Wind Power's CEO Phylip Leferink when he appeared before the Senate Standing Committee on Energyon April 17, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Lake Turkana Wind Power bosses have been put to task over a Sh24.7 billion demand for Deemed Generated Energy (DGE). This is after the government failed to live to its end of the agreement to have a transmission line ready by early 2017.

The company's top officials appeared before the Senate Energy Committee yesterday. They were asked why they were insisting on being paid the penalty which has been cited for the high cost of electricity that is driving up the cost of living.

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