NAIROBI, Kenya Dec 6 – Five senior managers at Kenya Power have been suspended as a forensic audit at the company continues. 

This is according to a memo sent to Kenya Power staff by the acting Managing Director Rosemary Odour. 

The managers that include Aggrey Machasio, the general manager, Infrastructure Development, and GM Regional Co-ordination Peter Njenga, Network and Management GM Charles Mwaura, ICT GM Robert Mugo, and GM Legal Services and Regulatory Affairs and company secretary Imelda Bore will go on a60 day compulsory leave, paving way for investigations. 

“Suspended managers will proceed on 60 days leave with immediate effect to pave the way for various forensic audits and the review of the supply chain to be completed,” said Oduor.

According to the memo, the general manager, Infrastructure Development, and GM Regional Co-ordination position has been replaced by Kennedy Owino in acting capacity while Geoffrey Muli has taken up the Network and Management position in an acting capacity. 

Rapael Ndolo will take up the Network and Management GM position while GM Legal Services position is replaced by Titus Kitavi. Jude Ochieng will handle the Regulatory Affairs and company secretary role as investigations continue. 

The ongoing investigation has also seen employees and their spouses subjected to a lifestyle audit as the workers were ordered to present certified copies of their financial records including bank account and mobile money statements for the last six months. 

Movable and immovable assets, companies owned or co-owned as well as shares held in various companies were also declared complete with details of the returns filed with the Kenya Revenue Authority for the last three years.

The lifestyle audit was recommended by a task force appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta following a net loss of Sh 2.98 billion, the firm posted in 2020. 

The task force recommended that all Kenya Power employees be vetted afresh for integrity, suitability, and qualification for the jobs they hold. The task force, which was chaired by Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) boss John Ngumi, has also recommended an overhaul of Kenya Power’s procurement department and a forensic audit of its procurement systems and stocks to help deal with cartels that have over the years profiteered through fraudulent dealings with rogue employees.

Last month, the loss-making entity sent home 59 members of its procurement team following the recommendation of the presidential task force, which called for reforms on the company’s supply chain in a bid to seal possible leakages that have left the firm dry.