Three Kenya Power executives charged over national blackout

They were also accused of failing to take action after damage to the towers was reported to them by members of the public weeks before the blackout.

The three denied the charges and the court freed them on a bond of 1-million shillings each, and set the hearing of the case for the end of next month, Omari said.The company is the country’s sole electricity distributor and the bulk of its power comes from Kenya Electricity Generating Company , which is the main producer.

In May 2020, Kenya experienced a similar nationwide outage after a section of a high-voltage power line that transmits power to Nairobi from the Olkaria geothermal power plants, about 75km from the capital, broke. Last week, President Uhuru Kenyatta said people caught vandalising critical national infrastructure such as power lines were economic saboteurs who should be charged with treason.

Kenyatta ordered a temporary ban on the trading and exporting of scrap metal, blaming it for rampant vandalism.

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