According to the Kenya National Audit Report, the Kenya Transmission Company (KETRACO) is suspected of being a scam to obtain illegal income of 6.3 billion shillings (approximately RMB 400 million) by paying remuneration for individuals who did not provide labor.
The audit report shows that the Kenyan transmission company is just the latest among the government agencies suspected of corruption. The loss of these government agencies is above the public interest and morality, which has a great negative impact on society.
In addition to the Kenya Power Transmission Corporation, the National Youth Service Agency (NYS), the Kenya Power Company and the Kenya Pipeline Corporation (KPC) are dealing with corruption and malfeasance investigations.
According to the investigation, a contractor of the Kenya Transmission Company charged 100.8 million shillings (approximately RMB 6.85 million) per month for 21 months for labor and equipment costs, but in fact did nothing. The cost of some foreigners is as high as 200,000 shillings / day (approximately RMB 13,000 / day). This led to the extraction of 3.8 billion shillings (approximately RMB 240 million) by taxpayers.
Moreover, the company allows contractors to retain 100% of their employees, even if the project was stopped for 54 months after the landowner blocked it, instead of retaining key employees until the matter is resolved. There are additional claims due to contractors ’expenses during the delay.
The auditors also cited contract changes whose prices have exceeded the 20% change limit specified in the procurement law. One of the projects changed up to 86%, resulting in an additional charge of 430 million shillings (approximately RMB 27.26 million). Not only that, but also includes 726 million shillings (approximately RMB 46.03 million) for road rights, 35.6 million shillings (approximately RMB 2.26 million) to the land owner, and a false increase Land compensation of 72 million shillings (approximately RMB 4.56 million). This price is already 20% higher than the actual price.
The most affected project is the Mombasa-Nairobi transmission line and related substations, which involves the construction of a 484.5 km 400/220 kV double-circuit line between Rabai and Embakasi substations in Mombasa.
Internal auditors said that although three batches of the project have been completed, they have not been fully effective due to sabotage and electricity demand in the coastal area.
With the increase in national power demand, the initial conversion capacity is 330MW, and the upgraded conversion capacity is as high as 950MW. However, the audit showed that only 20 MW of the 950 MW were delivered to coastal areas with an average demand of 207 MW. This means that despite spending billions of shillings, these transmission lines are still underutilized.
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