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Silhouette of engineers workers at electricity station. [File]
Three firms lodged fictitious payment claims from the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (Rerec) for work not done and walked away with nearly half a billion shillings of taxpayer funds.
The revelation by an internal audit report, which was prompted by a whistleblower, has jolted the power firm's board that now wants law enforcement to probe all contracts issued by Rerec over the last decade.
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