Jua Kali workers in Migori County have threatened to storm Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) offices in Migori Town to protest rampant power outages that cripple their daily operations.
The artisans complained that the persistent and prolonged blackouts were wreaking havoc on their Jua Kali sector by disrupting daily activities thereby sabotaging the region's economic drive.
In the past week, the region has experienced intermittent power blackouts lasting averagely 7 to 9 hours every day, forcing business joints to close.
Most affected business joints are the jua-kali yards, cyber cafés, hotels and other food-dealing places, supermarkets, the county referral hospital and government offices within Migori County. "The situation is bad.
