KPLC Announces Power Disruptions in 2 Counties on Monday

Kenya Power has announced scheduled power interruptions in parts of Kisumu and Nyeri counties on Monday, August 17.

In a notice on Sunday, August 16, the company said the planned outages are meant to facilitate routine maintenance works.

In Kisumu County, the Western Region maintenance schedule lists Kapsorok as an affected area. The power interruption is scheduled to run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

The outage will affect Kapsorok Market, Uzima Chiken, Kisengeny Secondary School and adjacent customers.

In Nyeri County, the Mt. Kenya Region schedule lists Sugar Baker, Riamukurwe, as the second area where maintenance-related power interruption will take place. 

The outage is scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The affected areas include Sugarbaker, Outspan, Serenity Center, Senior Wambugu Chief, parts of Riamukurwe and adjacent customers.

This comes months after a man was sentenced to ten years in prison, or an alternative fine of Ksh5 million, for unlawfully disconnecting a customer's electricity supply in Ndhiwa, Homabay County.

According to a statement by the Kenya Power Company on Friday, December 5, 2025, Godwin Omondi Oduogi was convicted by the Ndhiwa Senior Principal Magistrate's Court for charges related to vandalism of electricity equipment and unlawful handling of power infrastructure.

Oduogi was arrested in April 2025 by Ndhiwa Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers after unlawfully disconnecting a customer's power supply.

Investigations conducted jointly by the Kenya Power team and officers from the DCI revealed that the convict was also found in possession of a transformer fuse.

Despite pleading not guilty to the charges, the court found sufficient evidence to convict and sentence him.

In the same statement, Kenya Power announced that another individual, David Ochieng Lang'o, was also handed a 10-year prison sentence or a fine of Ksh 5 million by the same court for vandalism-related offenses.

Lang'o was arrested in July 2025 during a joint operation conducted by Kenya Power-attached police officers and personnel from Migori Police Station.

He was found in possession of 10 jerricans containing oil believed to have been sourced from vandalized transformers.

After his plea of not guilty, the court examined the evidence and deemed it sufficient to proceed with sentencing.