Four guards charged with vandalising 18 Kenya Power transformers
The four suspects (right) who were on March 23, 2021 charged at the Makadara Law Courts with vandalising 18 transformers belonging to Kenya Power and stealing oil worth Sh1 million.
Four security guards have denied vandalising 18 transformers worth Sh8 million from a Kenya Power sub-station.
The four are Mr Sammy Murule, Mr Nickson Kipng’etich, Mr Edwin Yego and Mr Erick Orina.
They were brought before Makadara Chief Magistrate Angelo Kithinji on Tuesday where they faced three counts of vandalism, stealing and handling suspected stolen property.
The prosecution informed Mr Kithinji that the four vandalised the 18 transformers, thereby interfering with power supply at the Roysambu sub-station and its environs.
Transformer oil
The court heard on March 21, 2021 the four stole 100 litres of transformer oil valued at Sh1 million.
The accused sought to be released on bond, with their lawyer telling the court that they are not a flight risk.
“I urge this court to free the four suspects on bond. All of them have young families and their incomes are very little given that they are security officers employed by a private company,” the court heard.
The lawyer said the accused would comply with the bond terms that would be imposed on them.
The prosecutor did not oppose their release on bond.
Freed on bond
Mr Kithinji ordered each of the accused to deposit Sh300,000 cash bail with an alternative bond of Sh500,000 with one surety.
The case will be mentioned in two weeks when the defence lawyer will disclose whether he has been supplied with witness statements.
At the same time two Kenya Power employees were charged with extorting Sh60,000 from a trader they accused of having an illegal electricity connection.
Mr Robinson Ongeri Mogaka and Philip Muteti Kaluli denied extorting the money from Ms Alice Akumu Orengo after accusing her of an illegal connection to the national grid at her V-Mall home in Utawala, Nairobi.
The two were released on bond.
