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Rot in rural power agency exposed

Kenya: Junior staff and contractors conspired to fleece the Rural Electrification Authority (REA), a report by Auditor General Edward Ouko has revealed.

The special report filed with a parliamentary watchdog committee shows the staff used forged documents, stolen cheques and took advantage of poor record keeping at the parastatal to swindle cash and goods worth millions of shillings.

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