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DCI Kinoti: Power cartels stole Sh150 billion

Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti at a past function.

Powerful cartels working from the heart of the country’s electricity hub, Kenya Power, have stolen Sh150 billions from unsuspecting customers over a period of five years, Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti believes. 

In an elaborate scheme that is now at the centre of a DCI probe, the racketeers perfected a system where they have been overbilling customers, with some domestic users getting monthly bills as high as Sh300,000.  

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