Interior CS Fred Matiang'i held a stakeholders meeting with Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) board and senior managers in an effort to bring down the high power and fuel costs that have squeezed Kenyans to a corner.

Matiang'i said the government's focus is to bring down the cost of power by addressing challenges that result in high costs to consumers. 

He affirmed that government will start with an immediate aggressive review of the KPLC billing system, suspension of ongoing and pending negotiations with independent power producers reviewing existing agreements.

The meeting discussed a myriad of items as it sought to come up with solutions to streamline the troubled KPLC.

An inter-ministerial team will be set up to audit KPLC and oversee urgent reforms in the company.

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The immediate implementation of recommendations proposed by the task force to be undertaken.

A multi-agency team that consists of the DCI, Financial Reporting Center, Asset Recovery Authority and other investigative agencies will be set up to investigate serious system related losses.

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An urgent meeting will be convened involving all state agencies to see to the reduction of energy costs.

The Interior CS also said fuel prices are already under assessment and Kenyans will realize results in the next price review.