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Auditor General flags KenGen’s Sh95b outlay on stalled projects

By Patrick Alushula | 4yrs ago

One of KenGen's geothermal wells at Olkaria in Naivasha, Nakuru County. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu has put the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) on the spot for spending more than Sh94.8 billion on stalled projects.

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