Nairobi, March 2 -- Kenya Power is on the spot over price inflation and payments for ghost services while building off-grid power stations, exposing taxpayers to losses running over Sh60 million.

The utility firm is accused of paying for services not rendered and inflating generator prices in a project backed by the State and the French Development Agency (AFD) to connect marginalised communities to off-grid power.

The Hybrid Generation of Off-Grid Power Systems project was started in August 2016 and is scheduled to end in June.

A new audit has, however, flagged Kenya Power's payment of Sh36.2 million to a local construction firm and a foreign supplier to construct structures that were already in existence.

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