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Ketraco gets nod to reappoint board after petition struck out

Engineers from KETRACO repair one of the six electricity towers (on 18/1/22) along the Olkaria-Lessos-Kisumu power line that was vandalized by unknown people in Kayole estate in Naivasha. [File, Standard]

The High Court has struck out a petition that had blocked the reappointment of three board members at the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO), clearing the path for the Energy Cabinet Secretary to reconstitute the board.

In a ruling delivered on Wednesday, Justice John Chigiti dismissed the petition filed by activist Benjamin Okumu after finding that the pleadings had been drawn and filed by an advocate who was a fulltime public officer, in contravention of the Advocates Act.

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