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Illegal power connections and theft of metres and transformers in Igembe South, Maru County, cost Kenya Power up to Sh1 billion annually, officials have said.
Speaking when Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi toured the affected region, Kenya Power Meru branch operations and maintenance manager Gideon Mbiuki said geospatial mapping of its installations unearthed theft of transformers, leading to about Sh100 million loss monthly.
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