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Our staff were met with hostility; KPLC says after KU students protest over blackout

An electrician at work. [File, Standard]

The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has linked the recent power shortage affecting some Kenyatta University students to an incident that occurred on Thursday during the replacement of a transformer in the Kiwanja area, Roysambu.

In a statement issued on Monday, KPLC said that several of their staff were injured after being attacked by local residents, who threw stones, assaulted them, and damaged their truck.

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