" EACC Recommends Prosecution Of Suspects Behind Ksh.18.4B Payment To Lake Turkana Wind Power" 11 August 2023

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recommended formal prosecution of suspects behind irregular payment of Ksh.18.4 billion to Lake Turkana Wind Power Ltd by various government agencies. Document seen by Citizen Digital indicate that the payment was processed between 2005 and 2019.

EACC commenced the investigations after it received a report from the Public Investment Committee (PIC) of the National Assembly on procurement irregularities, contract mismanagement and fraudulent payments touching on the contract for the construction of 400KV Transmission Interconnector power line from Loiyangalani to Suswa and related works. Investigations established that the contract between Kenya Power and Lighting Co. Ltd (KPLC) and Isolux Inginieria  S.A. (Isolux), resulted in a loss of Ksh.18 billion and increased electricity tariffs.

It was also revealed that in 2005, Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) Ltd, leased 150,000 acres of land to put up a wind power generation plant. In 2006, the firm carried out a feasibility study in Loiyangalani and established that the area had a potential for production of renewable energy. The company then proposed a wind power generation plant to the Government of Kenya (GOK), who took up the proposal. [...] The construction of the Transmission Inter-Connector Line was incomplete, and as a result, LTWP Ltd charged GoK Kshs. 18,499,082,672/- for the Deemed Generated Energy, payment that involved public officers in contractual fraud and money laundering.