The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) is ready to prosecute top Kenya Power and Lighting Company Limited (KPLC) bosses over fraudulent procurement.
According to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji, 45 witnesses have already been lined up to testify in the firm's alleged procurement of fake transformers.
Haji says that the nation lost around Ksh201 million to the corrupt deals at the power utility firm from 2012, in a well choreographed scheme hatched by top managers.
Through Prosecutor Alexander Muteti, Haji admitted that the detectives managed to save more funds that would have been lost in the scandal.
Consequently, the Managing Directors, Ben Chumo and Ken Tarus have since been prosecuted.
"Taxpayers lost Sh201 million for the tender to supply faulty transformers. Investigators managed to save Sh207 million, which would have been fraudulently stolen if the contract and payments continued,” Muteti is quoted by the Standard.
The ODPP has now rooted for individual prosecution in the scandal that has also landed lower ranked officials at the firm prosecuted.
These include Company Secretary Beatrice Meso, Human Resource Manager Abubakar Swaleh, Regional Coordination Manager Peter Mwicigi and Infrastructure Development Manager Stanley Mutwiri.
Also facing possible conviction are officials of the Muwa Trading Limited which reportedly supplied the transformers.
The company Directors Grace Mungai, James Mungai and John Mungai are facing economic crimes.
"Contract with Muwa Ltd was entered in August 2012 at approximately Sh408 million, but was terminated after it was realised the transformers were faulty. But KPLC continued to receive the faulty gadgets, leading to the loss,” added Muteti.