Nairobi man electrocuted while tampering with power lines
Starehe. A man was electrocuted as he was allegedly connecting electricity under a transformer along Nairobi's Entreprise road in Industrial Area over the weekend.
Landi Mawe senior chief Patrick Weru said the 36-year-old man hailed from Mukuru-Kayaba slum and was connecting power to Mukuru-Commercial and Mukuru-Kaberira slum.
"He was tapping electricity from a transformer located near Kenya Commercial Bank...Kenya Power personnel had to disconnect power to remove the body from the scene," Mr Weru remarked.
Following the incident, a power outage was witnessed in surrounding areas served by the power lines. This is the third such incident witnessed in Landi Mawe Location this year.
The administrator asked residents to apply for electricity through the set guidelines and in accordance with the law to avert deaths.
The body was taken to a city morgue.
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