Kairat Maksutov was fired from the position of chairman of the board of directors of Samrok-Energy in Kazakhstan On October 28, 2026, the board of directors of the Samrok-Kazina Fund dismissed Kairat Maksutov from the position of chairman of the board of directors of Samrok-Energy. The decision was announced on the same day when President Kassem-Jomart Tokayev, in a statement, criticized the delay in operating thermal power plants in the regions. The official announcement states that the layoffs are due to an insufficient pace of implementation of the company's strategic investment projects and a lack of sufficient control over meeting deadlines for establishing and ordering new production capacities. In the past, Maksutov was reprimanded a year ago and three months ago criticized the low work rate at Almaty CHPP-3. Tolper. Media.