Energy CS Charles Keter has appointed EngineerJared Omondi Otieno as the acting Chief ExecutiveOfficer at Kenya Power.
Keter made the appointment on Monday evening when he unveiled a full team acting senior managers to replace those charged incourt 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.
The CS also announced the appointment of Peter Waweru Njenga to head the StreetLighting Department and Charles Ng’eno as the head the internal audits section at Kenya
Power.The changes come at a time former General Manager and 13 other individuals have deniedcharges 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 andwill 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, Ken Tarus, his predecessor, Ben Chumo, and the other executives pleaded not guilty to the charges.