Kenya Power has announced scheduled power interruptions in parts of Migori and Kiambu counties on Friday, October 31.
In a notice on Thursday, October 30, the company said the outage, which is expected to run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., is meant to facilitate maintenance works..
The planned outage in Migori County will affect Ikerege and Isibania areas.
The areas expected to be affected include Ikerege Center, Ikerege Hospital, parts of Isibania, Getongonya, Gokiaraka, Koego Market, Nyametaburo, Kiomakebe Market, Nyabongarange, Kwiriba, and adjacent customers.
The notice further indicated that in Kiambu County, the maintenance exercise will target areas around Fresha Dairies and Palmhouse Dairies.
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The areas to be affected include Thakwa Village, County Pride Hotel, Githunguri Shops, Githunguri Police, Ciiko Primary, and surrounding customers.
This comes days after police in Kisumu East arrested five suspects believed to be behind recurrent vandalism of Kenya Power company cables.
Stephen Ngeso alias Jakano, Kevin Omondi 'Magufuli', Fredrick Onyango, Joseph Otieno, and Ayub Odhiambo were arrested following a police raid in the Kager Aredo area.
According to police commander Edward Wafula, the operation was conducted after officers received actionable intelligence linking the suspects to the recent spate of vandalism targeting power infrastructure in the area.
Officers from the Gita Police Station raided a house where the suspects were allegedly hiding stolen electric cables.
The five attempted to escape but were subdued and arrested with the help of members of the public.
During the operation, police recovered a 600-metre-long bundle of electric cables, which had been concealed under a blue-and-white leso and covered with bricks.
