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MP files petition querying Kenya Power deal with electricity firm

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By Jacob Ng'etich And Macharia Kamau
| 3 years ago | 6 Min read

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kenya Power, Vivienne Yeda and Kenya Power Acting Managing Director and CEO Rosemary Oduor, during the Company's 100th AGM. [File, Standard]

A petition has been filed in the National Assembly asking the House to look into relations between Kenya Power and one of its biggest electricity suppliers.

Baringo North MP Joseph Makilap wants Parliament to probe the deal between Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) and the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) firm, specifically regarding payments made in 2017 before the power producer was connected to the electricity grid.

The government and LTWP have in the past explained that the payments were a penalty for failure by the State to provide the power generation firm with a transmission line by early 2017.