A man has been sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for vandalizing electricity equipment.
Edwin Kiplangat Ngeno will have to spend 30 years in prison or pay a sh.15M fine for vandalizing a 600-metre electric conductor worth sh.60,000.
Ngeno who appeared before Hon. A.P Ndege was arrested on 26th July 2023 in possession of the conductor at Stoo Mbili township in Njoro sub-county, Nakuru County.
He was charged with three counts; vandalism of energy equipment and infrastructure, stealing of energy equipment, and unlawfully handling of energy equipment, contrary to section 169 of the Energy Act of 2019.
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The sentence comes just a week after another man was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for stealing a meter board.
Kenya Power‘s Ag. Security Services Manager Maj. Paul Nyaga Gichovi (Rtd.) welcomed the judgment saying it will go a long way to deter similar crimes.
