Kenya Power Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Joseph Siror has condemned all forms of assault against the organisation’s staff while on official duty.
This comes a day after Kitui East Member of Parliament (MP) Nimrod Mbai was captured on video beating up a Kenya Power engineer for allegedly disconnecting an illegal power line at his home in Kitengela, Kajiado County.
In a statement on Wednesday, Siror noted that MP Mbai’s incident was the latest to be observed among many attacks which have been staged on Kenya Power’s staff while on duty.
The Company said the emerging trend of violent attacks on employees doing their work is ”regrettable”.
“While working to weed the network of illegal and dangerous connections, we regrettably note an emerging trend of violent attacks against our staff. The latest of these incidents happened on Monday, July 3, in Kitengela where our staff were attacked by the Kitui East Member of Parliament, Nimrod Mbai”.
“We have taken up this issue with the relevant authorities and the matter is now before the courts. As an entity that prioritizes the welfare of its staff and the public, we condemn this incident and we wish to categorically state that we do not condone any form of violence, at least not on our staff while on official duty,” Siror said.
The Managing Director has noted that KPLC will be working with security agencies to ensure safety of their members while undertaking their responsibilities.
“The company will intensify network surveillance and continue to work closely with the administration offices and other security agencies to stamp out illegal connections,” he said.
Further, Siror has invited members of the public to report any cases of vandalism, illegal connection and other suspicious activity on the electricity network through 9771.
“We are inviting the members of the public who suspect the connection they have is irregular or is connected illegally, to come forward so that we take steps of correcting it otherwise, if through our efforts we find them, then the penalties will follow them,” Siror warned.
Similarly, the Institution of Engineers of Kenya has condemned MP Mbai’s attack demanding firm, legal action against him as it calls for the former police officer’s firearm license taken away and have him permanently barred from being a licensed arm holder.
