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Two arrested over Sh3m power infrastructure theft in Kisumu

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Kenya Power's security team has arrested two suspects linked to the theft of electricity infrastructure worth Sh3 million in the Manyatta Kona Maji area of Kisumu County.

The suspects, Stephen Bala Magak and Frederick Odhiambo Owino, are accused of receiving stolen energy equipment from vandals and reselling it to individuals who make illegal power connections.

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