Energy CS Charles Keter has appointed Engineer Jared Omondi Otieno as the acting Chief Executive Officer at Kenya Power.
CS Keter on Monday evening unveiled a team of ten acting senior managers to replace those charged in court over different economic crimes.
Ambrose Lemaon has been picked to be General Manager in charge of finance while Joyce Awinja will take the Supply Chain Management roles.
[caption caption="CS Charles Keter addressing the press (PHOTO/COURTESY)"]
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The CS also announced the appointment of Peter Waweru Njenga to head the Street Lighting Department and Charles Ng’eno as the head of internal audits section at Kenya Power.
The changes come at a time former General Manager and 13 other individuals have denied charges on the irregular acquisition of faulty transformers.
“The board wishes to reassure members of the public, customers, shareholders, development partners and other stakeholders that operations of the business have not and will not be affected,” the utility board announced.
Dr. Ken Tarus who has been the company Managing Director and C.E.O surrendered himself to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Headquarters on Sunday evening and was held at Muthaiga Police Station.
Appearing in court on Monday, Tarus, his predecessor, Ben Chumo, and the other executives pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The court adjourned the hearing to Tuesday morning at 8 am and directed that the accused persons be remanded at Gigiri Police Station awaiting the determination of their application for bail.
The Kenya Power officers are said to have committed economic crimes by fraudulently procuring transformers worth over Ksh.400 million in offenses recorded on diverse dates between August 3, 2012 and June 12, 2018.
[caption caption="Former Kenya Power MD Ben Chumo at a past function(PHOTO/Twitter)"]
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