- Ten officials, arrested and charged with sabotage
- Kenya experienced a nationwide blackout following the collapse of a major transmission tower
Following the recent nationwide blackout caused by the collapse of a transmission tower, ten officials of the state-owned utility, Kenya Power, have been arrested and charged with sabotage. The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), George Kinoti, who confirmed the arrest, stated that the officials were responsible for securing high voltage lines on the national grid.
“We have ten senior KPLC officials in custody, both from management and technical. They took part in a coordinated sabotage to bring down the entire infrastructure,” Kinoti said.
“Preliminary investigations and Interrogations of Kenya power personnel at the scene revealed that the basement of the Angle Towers of Kenya Power High voltage power lines had been vandalized and the cross beams removed/unbolted,” Kinoti said.
“The team also established that the Angle towers caved in, the other towers failed to sustain the weight and also caved in,” Kinoti said, citing a preliminary report from his detectives,” Kinoti stated.