Puzzle of ex-PSs who supply electricity to Kenya Power
KenGen’s Olkaria I geothermal station in Naivasha. Energy CS and the management of KenGen will meet the Energy Committee of the National Assembly on Tuesday.
The cost of power supplied by the IPPs varies, with some selling at Sh26 per kilowatt.
KenGen, the state-owned power generator, sells a kilowatt at Sh5.
Lawmakers want to be informed why two former Principal Secretaries and senior Kenya Power officials came to have a stake in independent power producers (IPPs) that got contracts now being blamed for the high cost of electricity.
The National Assembly Energy Committee has raised concerns about the officials’ shareholding in the firms as it would mean they played a part in signing of the contracts.
