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MPs want energy sector bosses probed over high cost of power

Former Energy Principal Secretary Patrick Nyoike at a past event. [File, Standard]

A parliamentary committee wants nearly the entire energy sector investigated for pushing power costs to being the highest on the continent, which turned away investors and worsened Kenyans' livelihoods.

After looking into the high cost of power in a process that dragged on for more than one and a half years, the National Assembly's Departmental Committee on Energy has recommended that key sector players, including former Principal secretaries Patrick Nyoike and Joseph Njoroge, the Energy ministry, Kenya Power and nearly all independent power producers (IPPs) be investigated.

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