Kenya Power has announced that parts of Nairobi and Machakos counties will experience power interruptions on Saturday, September 13.
According to a notice issued on Friday, September 12, the company said the outages are meant to facilitate maintenance works.
In Nairobi, the outage will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and will affect part of Upper Hill and Community.
The specific areas to be impacted include 3rd, 4th and 5th Ngong Avenues, Kenya National Library, NHIF, Ministry of Lands, I & M Bank, Traffic Police, Nairobi Club, New Life SDA Church, AAR and adjacent customers.
In Machakos County, the blackout will cover parts of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) and will last from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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The affected customers include Hela, Nordor, African Coffee Roasters, MAS Intimates and adjacent customers.
Meanwhile, police in Kitui County have arrested four suspects and impounded a lorry that was found loaded with stolen Kenya Power cables.
In a statement earlier Friday the National Police Service (NPS) said he arrests were made during a patrol operation in Ikutha.
"Police officers on patrol along the Kamutei–Ndithini–Munguni Road in Ikutha Sub-County, Kitui, intercepted a Mitsubishi Canter lorry. Upon conducting a search, they discovered it was loaded with 26 Kenya Power cables and 40 clamps. They also recovered two hacksaws," the statement read.
According to NPS, the suspects were immediately taken into custody and are expected to face charges related to vandalism and theft of critical infrastructure.
"The four suspects were arrested and escorted to Ikutha Police Station, where they were placed in custody pending arraignment in court. The motor vehicle was impounded, and the recovered exhibits secured as evidence," the statement added.
This comes months after a man accused of stealing and vandalizing electricity infrastructure in Western Kenya was sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison, with the option of a fine amounting to Ksh10.2 million.
Kenya Power welcomed the court’s ruling, describing it as a strong deterrent against acts of vandalism and theft targeting critical infrastructure.
"We welcome the court's decision to impose stiff penalties on this individual as it sends a strong message that vandalism of critical energy infrastructure will not be tolerated. We are working closely with the relevant law enforcement agencies to weed out all illegal activities on our network.
"This ruling is a major boost toward our effort to curb vandalism and theft of electricity through illegal connections,” Kenya Power’s Security Services Manager Maj. Geoffrey Kigen (Rtd.) said
