Former Kenya Power CEO Ben Chumo has defended his suitability to serve as the chairman of Salaries and Remuneration Commission saying he is a man of integrity.
Chumo told the Finance and Trade Committee that the graft charges he is facing over the loss of Sh4.5 billion in the procurement of faulty transformers occurred after he had left the company.
“There was no single case that arose during my stay at KPLC and I look back with a lot of pride to that particular service,” Chumo said.
He spoke when he faced the vetting committee chaired by Kipkelion East MP Joseph Limo on Monday.
Chumo served at the Kenya Power and Lighting Company for 32 years rising through the ranks from the human resource manager, chief human resource manager to chief executive officer.
“I never had any incident that undermined my integrity and public trust,” Chumo said.
He told the committee that it would amount to sub judice to comment on the KPLC scandal but nevertheless offered to explain the sequence of events leading to the loss.
Chumo said that the charges he is facing relate to the procurement of transformers in the 2011/12 financial year which happened when he was not the CEO.