Businesses and homes could be forced to find alternative internet in Nairobi as the county begins a crackdown on illegal fibre optic cables. Nairobi County on Tuesday, February 25, started the process of dismantling fibre optic cables mounted on power poles along key highways.
According to the county, the dismantling of the cables comes as Governor Johnson Sakaja pushes the county to create more own-source revenue amid an escalating fight with the country's power distributor, Kenya Power. "Some of these fibre lines are illegal.
We have given the affected service providers ample time to pay for hosting them on these poles, but they have refused.
They have neither paid for wayleaves nor sought county approval," Nairobi County Revenue Chief Officer Tiras Njoroge said during the launch of the crackdown.
