Nairobi, April 20 -- An employment dispute between State-owned Kenya Power and one of its senior technicians has peeled back the lid on how irregular electricity projects, internal collusion and weak oversight exposed the utility to losses of Sh46 million.

The case, centred on a dismissed senior technician, revealed a pattern of unauthorised connections, diversion of materials and a breakdown of internal controls across the utility's network.

At the heart of the dispute were two questionable projects on the Kisumu-Bondo feeder line, including the installation of a 100 kilovolt-ampere (KVA) transformer and construction of an "H-structure" to reroute power to private customers without proper approval.

The court heard that the 2023 projec...