Auditor reveals how Kenya Power inflates electricity bills

Kenya Power and Lightning Company (KPLC) Managing Director Joseph Siror. 

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Kenya Power has been inflating electricity bills in what has seen consumers overcharged by up to 20 percent for the power they did not use, the Auditor-General has revealed.

In a shocking revelation before a parliamentary committee, Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu said a forensic review of generation, transmission and distribution of electricity found bills do not match actual consumption while extra charges loaded on the consumers by the utility are not traceable in the billing system.

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