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MPs question exit of Ketraco boss amid project probe

By Macharia Kamau | 4yrs ago

Kenya Electricity Transmission Company CEO Fernandes Baraza [File]

Members of Parliament have questioned the “abrupt” resignation of Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) chief executive.

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