Senators and governors had a rare convergence of position following the tussle between Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and Kenya Power Company (KPLC).
Four senators said they will be summoning Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi and KPLC CEO Joseph Siror to explain the "indiscriminate" power disconnection in critical installations across the country on a day governors had complained about how the electricity corporation frustrates provision of essential services in the counties.
Through the Council of Governors, the county leaders accused KPLC of bullying and harassing the devolved units by resorting to abrupt power disconnections with disregard to the impact of such actions. In a statement released on Thursday, and signed by CoG chair Ahmed Abdullahi, governors detailed what they termed as historical cases that KPLC has unleashed on counties, just days after Nairobi Governor engaged in a scuffle with the power company. "The standoff that has been witnessed has merely exposed a fraction of the distress that countless Kenyans and institutions have endured for years due to abrupt disconnections.
We condemn these perennial disruptions and call for a structured approach to dispute resolution between KPLC and its consumers, ensuring that essential services are never jeopardised in future," said Abdullahi.
