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KPLC staff face sack over mother, son electrocuted to death in Kwale

Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) Board Chairman Mahboub Maalim during a press conference at KPLC Headquarters in Nairobi on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. He has ordered for the sacking of Kwale County KPLC staff over negligence that led to the death of a mother and her son last week.[Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The Kenya Power and Lighting Company will sack all the employees in Kwale County South Coast main offices over the recent incident in which a mother and her son died after stepping on a fallen live power cable, the KPLC board chairman said on Thursday.

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