Police officer among three arrested over power cable vandalism in Nairobi

A police officer and two civilians were arrested on Saturday night after being found vandalizing power cables near Nairobi’s Nyayo Stadium, Kenya Power said.

Thomas Mutua, Joseph Kyalo, and Dennis Nzioki, a police officer attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Makadara, were among a group of 10 men nabbed damaging high-voltage underground cables serving the Ragati and Nairobi West substations.

The two substations provide electricity to Upper Hill, South C, Nairobi West, parts of South B, Langata Road, and Mbagathi Hospital.

Power supply redundancy to the Nairobi city centre and its environs was also affected, the electricity supplier said.

“The other suspects fled as the three were apprehended and booked at the Capitol Hill police station,” said Kenya Power in a Monday press release.

The company said its security team recovered five meters of an already vandalized underground cable and confiscated four hoes, two spades, and two hacksaws.