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Kenya Power losing Sh500m every year to vandalism

A Kenya Power technician inspects a line. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  Bonface Otieno

Nation Media Group

Business Reporter

Vandalism, meter tampering and power theft through illegal connections are costing Kenya Power Sh500 million in losses every year.

The firm’s managing director Ken Tarus is now seeking Parliament’s intervention to enact laws imposing harsher penalties to deal with offenders.

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