Inside charged tender wars that edged out Kenya Power chief

Insiders said the 2018 Sh4.5 billion transformer scandal, which saw his predecessors dragged to court, might have come back to haunt Ngugi.

The project stalled after school was asked to pay Sh1.5 million for KPLC to relocate power lines hanging directly above the project.

The Lighting Company is unable to collect Sh27.4 billion in the year to June 2020 amid growing financial losses owing to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

It projects to have installed the smart meters for all SME customers by the end of the 2023-24 financial year.

Vivienne Yeda was part of the non-executive directors appointed this year to help turn around the fortunes of Kenya’s sole power distributor.

Ngugi was speaking at a recent public safety sensitisation workshop for public administration officers in Nairobi.

Post-paid customers can now send metre readings to Kenya Power as opposed to the firm using estimates from previous consumption patterns.

Firm has seen its profits drop in the last two years as customer confidence dips.

A private citizen has challenged the recent appointment of Bernard Ngugi as the managing director of Kenya Power in court.

Immediate former acting Kenya Power CEO has been forced to go on leave, having no specific role after being overlooked for position.

Electricity distributor plagued by falling profits and dissatisfied customers.

Kenya Power Board of Directors has appointed Bernard Ngugi as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company.