Riddle of agency’s Sh800m ‘sub-standard’ power poles

A Kenya Power personnel at work along Kiambu Kirigiti road on February 2 ,2015. [File, Standard]

The battle to stop a state agency from disposing Sh800 million worth of electricity poles has spilled over to the courts and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

What started as a mere complaint from one supplier - Inter Tropical Timber Ltd- to Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter, has since morphed into a court order by Justice J A Makau stopping Rural Electrification Authority (REA) from interfering with the 51,238 substandard poles.