A Kenya Power employee was on Tuesday arraigned in Kibera to take a plea in a case in which he is accused of receiving a bribe of Sh30,000 to reconnect power supply to a customer’s house. Sospeter Kungu Ngugi, an installation inspector at Kenya Power, was arrested alongside Paul Mwaura Mwangi on April 15 at Nyayo Highrise Estate in Nairobi. Between January and April this year, 994 people have been arrested during a crackdown by Kenya power security personnel for illegally tampering with power systems. Kenya Power has heightened security operations across the country to stamp out illegal connections, vandalism and other criminal activities that degrade the quality of power supply to its customers. Last month, Kenya Power Managing Director Benard Ngugi said illegal power connections cost the utility firm Sh9.6 billion yearly in losses, with Nairobi and Kisii leading in the illegalities.

Source: Daily Nation April 28, 2021 08:37 UTC