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    "content": "Power Station. He sought to know whether the State is aware that the current chief engineer of Turkwel Hydro Electric Station has been causing conflict and fueling tension between the neighbouring communities living around the company’s locality. The answer to that is that Turkwel Power Station was commissioned in 1991 and the operations at the station have been adversely affected by the hostilities between the two communities living in the area. As a result of these poor relations, there has always been pressure to remove chief engineers no matter how well they have performed their duties. Within the life of the plant, five engineers have been forced out due to pressure from one or the other of the communities. They were harassed and even threatened and the company had no option but to remove them in order to safeguard their lives. Several members of staff have been shot and even one lost his life while in the line of duty. Indeed, most engineers do not want to work in the plant due to the security and personal safety concerns at the plant. Eng. Tarus was promoted to the post of chief engineer on 17th July, 2009, following a competitive interview process and has been carrying out his duties with due diligence without favouritism and discrimination to any of the two communities residing in Turkwel. The second issue was to explain why several requests by local area leaders to the Managing Director of KenGen to have the officer removed have not been granted. The answer to this is that KenGen is bound by its human resources policies and availability of qualified technical personnel when placing or transferring officers from their positions. If requests for transfer by the community are received, then KenGen will investigate and if legitimate grounds for transfer exist, appropriate action will be taken. The other issue was to state when the officer will be removed and a competent one appointed to take his place. Eng. Isaac Tarus was engaged as a graduate engineer on 15th November, 1997 and rose through the ranks to his current position of chief engineer, Turkwel. He is a graduate of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology with a degree in B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Upper Second Class Division. Over the period since he took over the running of the plant, the station has performed well and continuous to do so under his management. In view of the above, the company deems Eng. Isaac Tarus to be competent. However, the issues raised in the statement will be investigated and determined if the company finds anything that implicates him."
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