Ketraco MD Fernandes Barasa (left) when he appeared before the National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee on March 22, 2018. Taxpayers could have lost as much as Sh14.2 billion through fraudulent payments to landowners by Ketraco. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Ketraco told Parliament that it requires the amount to settle certified works done by Inabensa, the Spanish company that has obtained court orders stopping any further works on the 132 kilometre Lessos-Tororo transmission line.
Ketraco MD Fernandes Barasa told the Public Investments Committee (PIC) that the contractor had stopped the power transmission agency from accessing the site and hiring a new contractor until a final settlement is reached.
Taxpayers will fork out Sh2.5 billion (22 million euros) to settle a dispute with a Spanish contractor, whose tender for construction of a transmission line connecting Kenya to Uganda was terminated for non-performance.
Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) told Parliament that it requires the amount to settle certified works done by Inabensa, the Spanish company that has obtained court orders stopping any further works on the 132 kilometre Lessos-Tororo transmission line.
