stealing transformer oil
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It's Me Scumbag
Elder Lister
This is gold...
Its very expensive.People decide to risk their own lifes for it.
Ice_Cube
Elder Lister
any figure in mind or range?
Wairi2002
Lister
I can't even b sorry for him he knew he was risking his life yet alijipeleka
QuadroK4000
Elder Lister
Another sandal wood fiasco.
Meria
Elder Lister
Hua inapika chipo for a yr bila kubadilishwa
upepo
Elder Lister
That is some urban myth. It should be cheaper than your engine oil (About 100 bob per litre).
They also target copper metals which goes for sh300 per kg which gets upto sh1000 when croses borders to neighbouring countries.
It is used to make cosmetics and personal care products, it is not edible. So you can gues where it is in high demand, kariobangi home industries
There was a rumour that it goes at sh100 per litre.
will replace the oil in transformers with gas to bar vandals from accessing the fuel in fresh efforts to cushion consumers from power interruptions.
The utility firm Thursday entered a pact with a subsidiary of Japan’s Toshiba Corporation to instal several gas-insulated transformers on a pilot basis before going full scale.
The transformers will use carbon dioxide as opposed to oil. Vandals eye the toxic oil that is drawn from transformers, which is reportedly used for frying food in roadside stalls.
The deal will also see the India-based subsidiary, Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (TTDI), instal more efficient units dubbed amorphous distribution transformers, to reduce electricity losses due to equipment inefficiencies.
“These efforts aim to strengthen power supply and reduce losses as the network grows in tandem with increased [numbers of] customers,” Kenya Power managing director Ben Chumo said during the signing ceremony in Nairobi.
The utility firm Thursday entered a pact with a subsidiary of Japan’s Toshiba Corporation to instal several gas-insulated transformers on a pilot basis before going full scale.
The transformers will use carbon dioxide as opposed to oil. Vandals eye the toxic oil that is drawn from transformers, which is reportedly used for frying food in roadside stalls.
The deal will also see the India-based subsidiary, Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (TTDI), instal more efficient units dubbed amorphous distribution transformers, to reduce electricity losses due to equipment inefficiencies.
“These efforts aim to strengthen power supply and reduce losses as the network grows in tandem with increased [numbers of] customers,” Kenya Power managing director Ben Chumo said during the signing ceremony in Nairobi.
Mwalimu-G
Elder Lister
Ile ulafi uko nchi hii watu hawaogopi umeme tena, hata polis...
Police officer arrested over street lights theft in Ol Kalou
WEDNESDAY MARCH 04 2020
The police officer (centre) who was arrested on suspicion of stealing a solar security street lights in Ol Kalou in Nyandarua at the scene of crime on March 3, 2020. PHOTO | WAIKWA MAINA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Summary
By WAIKWA MAINA
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A police officer was on Wednesday morning arrested on suspicion of stealing newly-installed solar security street lights in Ol Kalou town, Nyandarua County.
The street lights are part of the beautification and upgrade programme by the county government under the World Bank-funded Kenya Urban Support Programme.
The police officer was arrested as he allegedly dismantled a street light outside the Nyandarua governor’s office. The light also serves the adjacent county commissioner's offices.
Other suspects who were in the company of the officer escaped.
FOOTPRINTS
At the scene of the crime, detectives led by Nyandarua Central DCI Eric Ochieng established that the footprints matched the shoes worn by the suspect at the time of his arrest.
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Police officer arrested over street lights theft in Ol Kalou
WEDNESDAY MARCH 04 2020
The police officer (centre) who was arrested on suspicion of stealing a solar security street lights in Ol Kalou in Nyandarua at the scene of crime on March 3, 2020. PHOTO | WAIKWA MAINA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Summary
- The officer was arrested as he allegedly dismantled a street light outside the Nyandarua governor’s office.
- Other suspects who were in the company of the officer escaped.
- Mr Ngumi said the incident was serious, adding that the implicated officer will face the law.
By WAIKWA MAINA
More by this Author
A police officer was on Wednesday morning arrested on suspicion of stealing newly-installed solar security street lights in Ol Kalou town, Nyandarua County.
The street lights are part of the beautification and upgrade programme by the county government under the World Bank-funded Kenya Urban Support Programme.
The police officer was arrested as he allegedly dismantled a street light outside the Nyandarua governor’s office. The light also serves the adjacent county commissioner's offices.
Other suspects who were in the company of the officer escaped.
FOOTPRINTS
At the scene of the crime, detectives led by Nyandarua Central DCI Eric Ochieng established that the footprints matched the shoes worn by the suspect at the time of his arrest.
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