Written By Gerald Gekara | |
Five senior officials from Kenya Power are under investigation for sabotaging electricity supply that affected the whole country earlier this week.
DCI Director George Kinoti says those under investigation are senior officials charged with the responsibility of securing high voltage lines and transmission from the national grid.
So far, investigations have shown that the basement of the Angle towers of Kenya Power’s High voltage power lines in Embakasi had been vandalized and the cross beams removed/unbolted, leading to the collapse that caused a major outage.
The officials who include the Chief Engineer, Network Management officials and Chief Security Officer were picked up for interrogation and freed last night and will be going back to DCI this morning.
The Angle Towers had been vandalized, and the bracings (tower members) were unable to hold the weight of the very large conductor.
When four towers in Embakasi collapsed, power was lost across the country for the better part of Tuesday, although it was restored several hours later.
The investigations comes after the Energy CS Amb. Monica Juma hinted at structural reforms at the power distributor.
The power black out cost billions in losses for the country and such a massive fault would not go unrectified, she said.
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