POSITION STATEMENT
UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT OF GARBAGE DUMPING AT STIMA PLAZA‘S MAIN ENTRANCE BY THE
NAIROBI CITY COUNTY
Monday, 24th February 2025
At around 8:30 am today, the Nairobi City County accompanied by armed National Police
Officers stormed our headquarters at Stima Plaza and denied access to both our customers and
members of staff.
The County officers unprecedentedly dumped a truckload of garbage at the main entrance of
Stima Plaza and parked two other trucks filled with waste, effectively blocking three other
entrances to the building.
In addition, the officers clamped and towed 10 Kenya Power vehicles, as well as personal
vehicles belonging to customers and staff that were parked in public parking spaces around
Stima Plaza and Electricity House in Nairobi, despite having paid for the day’s parking fees to
the County.
The officers also harassed and arrested several of our employees, resulting in injuries to some of
them.
In light of these events, Kenya Power wishes to state the following:
1. The Nairobi City County has an outstanding debt owed to Kenya Power, which has
accumulated over the years and currently stands at KShs.3 billion. Worryingly, the debt
has increased by KShs.1.3 billion in the last two years. We have consistently engaged the
County Government on multiple occasions to resolve this matter and ensure the
settlement of both the outstanding debt and current bills.
2. One of the most recent discussions took place at Stima Plaza in December 2024, where
Nairobi City County Governor Johnson Sakaja, accompanied by members of the County
Executive Committee, met with Kenya Power’s leadership. During the meeting, the
Governor committed that the County Government will be paying KShs.60 million in
respect to the old debt and additional KShs.50 million as payment for the current bill,
every month.
3. In January 2025, the County paid KShs.36 million, which was significantly below the
expected KShs.330 million required to cover the bills for November 2024, December 2024,
and January 2025.
4. On 20th January 2025, we issued a letter reminding the County Government to honour its
commitment and settle the outstanding balance due as of that date. Despite multiple
follow-ups through various channels, our efforts to resolve the matter remained unfruitful.
5. After exhausting all avenues to recover the outstanding debt as outlined in the Energy
Act 2019, we proceeded to disconnect power supply to several county facilities on 14 th
February 2025.
6. However, we received a letter from the County on Friday, 21st February 2025 informing us
that they had initiated a payment of KShs.133 million, pending approval. Based on this
commitment, we restored electricity supply to all affected facilities on the same Friday
afternoon.
7. Regrettably, on the same Friday evening, officers from the Nairobi City Water and
Sewerage Company, acting under what appears to be instructions from the County
government, disconnected water supply to Stima Plaza, Electricity House Nairobi,
Parklands Substation, and Roysambu depot. Additionally, they blocked the sewer lines at
Stima Plaza and Electricity House. These actions were taken despite the fact that there
are no outstanding water bills associated with these premises.
8. In view of the above, we wish to state that the Company’s business operations are
guided by applicable laws, which also inform its dispute resolution mechanisms with all
customers and stakeholders. It is, therefore, regrettable that the Nairobi City County
Government chose to engage with us through such unethical, unprofessional, and
unlawful actions.
9. On the claim that we owe the County money arising from wayleaves charges, we wish
to state that Section 223 of the Energy Act, 2019 expressly states that “No public body
shall charge levies on public energy infrastructure without the consent of the Cabinet
Secretary in writing.”
10. Kenya Power is the country’s electricity distributor that is mandated to supply electricity
to customers, bill them as well as collect revenue on the behalf of the entire energy
sector. It is therefore important that all customers pay their bills on time to sustain the
sector and the economy.
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