Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has called on the private sector to deal with corruption in its ranks.
Speaking at a conference on governance in Nairobi, Haji said good governance was not confined to the public sector. He said the private sector was the driver and beneficiary of corrupt deals.
He told delegates at the second annual Centre for Corporate Governance alumni summit it was every Kenyan’s mandate to pursue and demand ethical and transparent governance.
“Corporate governance is about the issue of ownership,” he said. Chief guest Energy PS Joseph Njoroge emphasised the role of good governance in the growth of society.
This comes days after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji revealed that the file containing evidence against Kenya Power managers had gone missing, forcing him to adjourn the case.
While in court, prosecutor Alexander Muteti told chief magistrate Felix Kombo that the original ERC report prepared on the procurement of faulty transformers had mysteriously disappeared.
The accused persons include the immediate former MD Ken Tarus, his predecessor Ben Chumo and 12 others who were charged with conspiracy to defraud the parastatal of over Ksh409 million.
They reportedly purchased substandard transformers from Muwa Trading Company. The officials have also been accused of aiding fraudulent acquisition of Ksh202 million as payment for the supply of the transformers.
