Blackout fears as Kenya Power staff plan strike

Electricity House which is the Kenya Power head offices in a Picture taken on May 30, 2018. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NMG

Kenya Power’s #ticker:KPLC workers have threatened to go on strike in a dispute over the firm’s plans to lay off 20 percent of its employees or nearly 2,000 staff, most of them ageing.

The job cuts are part of Kenya Power’s efforts to run a lean operation and compensate for revenue losses that followed the January cut in electricity prices by up to 15 percent.

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