Lying to the President: How Kenya Power managers cooked Last Mile connection figures

President Uhuru Kenyatta switches on electricity at Mr. Lelei's home in Kapkatembo during the launch of last mile connectivity project in Nandi County. Also present is Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum, Charles Keter.

Pressure from the Jubilee administration to connect one million new customers to electricity every year may have pushed employees of Kenya Power to deliberately report ‘fake’ numbers to meet their targets.

An internal communication by top management seen by Weekend Business reveals that the power utility bosses have ‘spent a lot of money to clean up the mess’ but the vice has refused to go away.