Government claims there’s possibility of sabotage over national power blackout
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Transport CS Murkomen wants police to probe JKIA power blackout citing possible sabotage by certain individuals
Transport CS Murkomen wants police to probe JKIA power blackout citing possible sabotage by certain individuals.
Following the nation’s third blackout in three months, Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen on Sunday formally asked the National Police Service (NPS) to investigate into the sporadic incidence of blackouts.
The power blackout, the third in three months, affected key infrastructures including JKIA where the backup generators failed to power up, according to the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA).
In a statement, CS Murkomen raised fears over the possibility of sabotage at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) which experienced outages in Terminals 1A and 1E, albeit temporarily, before power was restored.
“Changeover to the standby generators ensured power was immediately restored to most parts of JKIA. Regrettably, supply did not immediately resume at terminals 1A and 1E,” he wrote on Sunday night.
“Considering the frequency of the power disruption, and taking into account the fact that JKIA is a facility of strategic national importance, we are making a formal request to the National Police Service to investigate possible acts of sabotage and coverup,” Murkomen stated.
The Transport CS added that as police launched a crackdown, he would lead a parallel clean-up exercise at JKIA.
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He further noted that he led a team composed of Transport Principal Secretary (PS) Mohamed Daghar, KAA Chairman Caleb Kositany and Managing Director Henry Ogoye among other KAA officials to assess the situation at JKIA.
Murkomen further proposed that the frequent disruption of power raises a red flag, proposing a probe into the matter and apprehending those who will be found culpable.
“In the meantime, the cleanup of the mess at JKIA continues. The KAA Board is under strict instructions to carry on with the reform agenda and the management to implement, as directed, the report of the technical committee which I recently constituted,” added Murkomen.
CS Murkomen had on August 26, had promised the nation that at no particular time in the future would JKIA experience blackout again.
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