Tuesday, October 24, 2023 – ODM Director of Communications Phillip Etale has blasted the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) for trying to steal from him.
Taking to his social pages, Etale expressed his displeasure against Kenya Power for tripling his monthly bill.
He noted that his October monthly bill increased to Ksh15,439 from Ksh5,783 in September for the same service.
In a corresponding message, he argued that the increase was excessive. The meter serves his Nairobi home.
“Kenya Power, I am imagining how you guys feel I am feeling. My electricity consumption can’t be this much. This is daylight theft. This time around, I am not boarding,” he lamented.
The utility company then responded to his 2:00 a.m. message with a promise to carry out a second reading of his meter.
“Good morning. Kindly send a photo of your meter reading for re-billing,” Kenya Power responded nearly three hours later.
Etale revealed that the company had yet to sort out the issue but confirmed that he was waiting for an engineer to visit his home and assess the meter.
The complaint comes weeks after the company revised electricity prices upwards in line with a spike in fuel prices and the weakening of the Kenyan shilling that has hit Ksh150 against the dollar.
On March 10, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) increased power prices by 3.7 per cent, with the most affected levies being the Fuel Energy Charge (FEC) and the foreign exchange rate fluctuation adjustment (Ferfa).
In total, the changes led to an increase in electricity prices from Ksh27 per unit to Ksh 28.
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