President Sirleaf informed the Legislature that there not much punishment for people caught in power theft – an action which deferred government’s revenue into the pockets of unscrupulous individuals. She informed lawmakers through her communication of the need to strengthen the electricity law by amendment to ensure that people caught in power theft were severely punished to serve as deterrent. She noted that Liberia ranks among one of the highest in the world in terms of losses, amounting to 47% of which 33% is attributed to power theft. LEC Deputy Managing Director of Customers Services Famata Sirleaf said the penalty was imposed to serve as deterrent for power theft. She encouraged the community leaders to join the LEC to ensure that electricity theft was curtailed.

Source: Front Page Africa January 19, 2017 01:31 UTC