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Kenya Power on the spot over dangerous poles and cables

Kenya Power Company is on the spot over cases of dangerously hanging electricity poles and cables in residential areas in Kisii region which is a looming danger to members of the public.

Five people are said to have died due to electrocution in the past three months, the latest case being of James Nyambongi who died at Kegati area as he was harvesting fodder for his livestock when he accidently touched a barbed wire fence on which an electric pole had fallen.

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