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Senators, governors fault Kenya Power over disconnections

Council of Governors Chairman Ahmed Abdullahi addresses a past media briefing. [File, Standard]

Senators and governors had a rare convergence of position following the tussle between Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and Kenya Power Company (KPLC).

Four senators said they will be summoning Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi and KPLC CEO Joseph Siror to explain the "indiscriminate" power disconnection in critical installations across the country on a day governors had complained about how the electricity corporation frustrates provision of essential services in the counties.

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