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Kenya Power has announced scheduled power interruptions in two counties on Saturday, August 29, as part of planned maintenance activities.
Kenya Power has announced scheduled power interruptions in two counties on Saturday, August 29, as part of planned maintenance activities.
In a statement on Friday, August 28, the company said the outages will affect selected areas in Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia counties.
According to the notice, the affected customers are expected to experience power interruptions between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
In Uasin Gishu County, the interruption will affect Murgor Hills and surrounding areas.
The affected locations are Murgor Hills, Kataniin, Nyigoon, Tiret, Kaptebee, Kaplemur and Elgon Estate, as well as adjacent customers.
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The scheduled outage in the Murgor Hills area will run from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
In Trans Nzoia County, the affected area is Aturukan and Kibomet, with the interruption also scheduled from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Customers expected to be affected include those around Aturukan Hotel, Mt. Elgon Dairies, Sinendet Centre, Kibomet Primary School, Bishop Yego, Sirwo Resort, Mwaita Primary School, Tuigoin Centre, Kiptenden, Kuriot, Parkera and Murgoiyo, together with adjacent customers.
This comes a week after a suspect linked to illegal electricity connections and the assault of a Kenya Power employee was charged in court following his arrest by the company's Nairobi Region Security team.
In a statement, the company said Lukas Nyangau Minyonga was arraigned in court on Thursday, July 9, where he took plea on three charges before being released on a Ksh1.5 million bond.
He was jointly charged alongside three other suspects who had earlier appeared before the Makadara Law Courts on July 1.
According to Kenya Power, the four accused persons are facing charges related to the theft of a transformer, illegal electricity connections, and handling stolen electricity distribution equipment belonging to Kenya Power.
According to Kenya Power, Nyangau was arrested during a surveillance and ambush operation conducted by the company's security team along Mombasa Road on Tuesday, July 7.
Investigators believe he played a key role in coordinating illegal electricity connections and power distribution within Mukuru Kwa Reuben.
He has also been linked to multiple transformer theft incidents across Nairobi and the installation of stolen transformers in the nearby Mukuru Kwa Njenga informal settlement.
The company further revealed that three of its employees were recently dismissed after investigations found they had assisted Nyangau in carrying out illegal power connection activities.
Kenya Power also linked the suspect to the recent assault of one of its employees who was on duty during a security operation in the Mukuru slums.
"Illegal electricity connections, vandalism and other criminal activities within the grid are a great impediment to our commitment to provide reliable and safe electricity to light up our homes and drive livelihoods. They pose a danger of loss of life through electrocution not just to the perpetrators but unsuspecting public.
"I want to commend the Kenya Power security team for working round the clock to ensure that these vices are dealt with in the full force of the law," Kenya Power CEO Joseph Siror said.
