Pkosing: We will not be conveyor belts for cartels

Pokot South MP David Pkosing says neither the taxpayer nor the government should be made to pay a penny for the Ketraco project. [File, Standard] . 

A parliamentary committee now wants individuals involved in awarding a lucrative Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) project — whose penalty has now accumulated to Sh7 billion — to take personal responsibility and pay.

The Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy on Thursday put Ketraco bosses, among them former chief executive officer Fernandes Barasa, who is now Kakamega governor, on the spot over the failed project, saying they should take personal responsibility.