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Kenya Power staff stranded after county trucks dispose garbage at entrance

Nairobi

By Winfrey Owino | Feb 24, 2025

The heap of garbage dumped at Stima Plaza entrance.

Kenya Power staff were stranded for the better part of Monday morning, after a Nairobi County garbage truck disposed trash at Stima Plaza entrance.

Reports indicate that the two parties have differed over more than Sh3 billion power bill owed by the County Government.

Rosemary Oduor, Kenya Power’s General Manager for Commercial and Sales says the two parties had agreed to re-look at the Bills and the verification and reconciliation process is almost over.

However, in November it was agreed that the county government should clear reconciled bills but they have failed to comply.

“This morning we had our work going on, then all of a sudden we saw county government garbage trucks and one of them came and dropped the garbage right infront of our office at Stima Plaza. Several other trucks with garbage are still on standby around the building. This necessitated the staff to move out of the building because of the stench from the garbage. In addition, we have also had some unfortunate incidences like disconnection of water, a blockage of sewer lines not only here at Stima Plaza but also in our other offices within Nairobi,” Engineer Oduor says.

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Sources at the building have told Standard Digital that working in the building has become uncomfortable, owing to the stench from the garbage.

Oduor also says the disagreement ahs lasted over two years. She argues that by failing to clear the outstanding bill, the coCity County Governmnet risks crippling the Energy sector.

“We have had a long standing issue with Nairobi County with regards to payment of their bills. We offer a sercice, an electricity service and once we offer the service, we bill and the client should pay,”

The City County Government is yet to issue a statement to address the allegations.

According to a report by the National Treasury, Nairobi County’s unpaid electricity bill is Sh3.01 billion in eight months.

This, according to the report, makes Nairobi the largest defaulter among the 47 counties.

Details of the report tabled in Parliament indicate that by November 2024, Nairobi accounted for over two-thirds of the Sh4.37 billion owed to Kenya Power, up from Sh1.35 billion in February 2024, when counties’ total debt stood at Sh3.53 billion.