Detectives In Pursuit of Thugs Responsible For Murang’a Blackouts
Detectives have intensified a crackdown on a syndicate responsible for the frequent power blackouts that have become the order of the day in parts of Muran’ga County.
This is after investigations involving our officers and officials based at the Kenya Power & Lighting Company, unearthed an elaborate network of individuals who have vandalized a total of 18 transformers leading to huge loses to the government and electricity consumers.
The third party agents suspected to be working with crooked current and former employees intentionally occasion blackouts in order to generate income through reconnection of power. This is achieved through vandalism of crucial parts of a transformer, before the agents masquerading as Kenya Power officials approach the affected area residents and reconnect power to their homesteads at a fee.
In the well-orchestrated transgression, the thugs sabotage efforts by KPLC to restore power supply by removing fuses from transformers, immediately the KPLC emergency teams leave the sites.
This is done in a bid to frustrate consumers further, so that they can yield to their demands.
Two months ago, President Uhuru Kenyatta issued a moratorium on scrap metal dealings, after investigations revealed that scrap metal trade was responsible for runaway vandalism of critical national infrastructure, targeting materials used for electricity connection, road and railway construction,
This has led to huge losses amounting to millions of shillings, in a vice bordering on economic sabotage.
Last week, police officers arrested a man who was found in possession of materials used for the construction of the ongoing Nairobi Expressway, laying bare the extent to which vandals have gone in perpetrating the vice.
Similarly, a man who attempted to remove fuses from a transformer at Kirarwa market in Murang’a, was electrocuted and his life is hanging on the balance at Thika general hospital where he is recuperating.
Detectives drawn from the elite Special Service Unit (SSU) supported by the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) have launched a manhunt for the thugs responsible for the high level vandalism in Muran’ga county and are following crucial leads to unmasking the thugs.
Should you have any information regarding vandalism of any critical national infrastructure, #FichuakwaDCI on 0800 722 203
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