KPLC renews calls on copper exports ban to tame vandalism

Hotspots for vandalism include Kiambu, Embu, Machakos, Kajiado, Muranga and Mombasa.

by MARTIN MWITA

Business14 March 2025 - 10:00

In Summary

Kenya Power in 2023 lost 365 transformers worth Sh328 million with more than 78 transformers worth over Sh80 million vandalised last year.
Kenya’s annual copper waste and scrap metal exports are to the tune of Sh6.7 billion, yet it does not produce the same.

Kenya Power staff repossess a vandalised transformer during a past crackdown of illegal power connection in Pipeline area, Nairobi /VICTOR IMBOTO

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