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Court stops lifestyle audit on Kenya Power employees

By Macharia Kamau | 4yrs ago

All employees were to provide personal details to a team formed to undertake an audit on their lifestyles and flag any curious or unexplained wealth. [File, Standard]

The High Court in Nairobi has issued orders temporarily stopping the lifestyle audits on employees of Kenya Power, pending the hearing of a case filed by the Kenya Electrical Trade and Allied Workers Union (Ketawu).

Kenya Power had on Thursday instructed all employees to provide personal details to a team formed to undertake an audit on their lifestyles and flag any curious or unexplained wealth.

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