Why MPs want KPLC, power firms probed

KPLC Engineers and technicians at the site of Kiambere - Embakasi highway voltage transmission powerline where 4 pylons had fallen. [File, Standard]

The National Assembly has directed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Auditor General, and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to launch immediate forensic audits and corruption probes into State-owned Kenya Power and a series of private energy producers.

Those under investigation include former senior figures from the Ministry of Energy and Kenya Power, such as the past Energy Ministers and their Principal Secretaries.