By ROBERT SHAWMore by this AuthorState capture is a term frequently applied to the milking and pillaging of state institutions or diversion of state resources for personal and private benefit. Kenya has been experiencing that for a long time, and the energy sector is a good example of where it has taken place. State capture started to take root from 1982 and many government entities had their institutional capacity eroded, run down and even plundered. Kenya Power is 50.1 per cent State-owned, so the Energy ministry has a big say in its running. The problem with the much-talked about lifestyle audits is the capacity to carry them out on so many people.

Source: Daily Nation May 15, 2019 06:29 UTC