Illegal power users are to pay about four hundred million shillings in fines, Counsel Luke Kanyonyi, the Attorney for Kilembe Investment ltd has said.
In an interview with Kasese Guide Radio this morning, Mr. Kanyonyi who said the those guilty of power theft would also be imprisoned, added that the amendments in the law are aimed that safeguarding equipment and power whose theft do not only cause a disservice to the users but costly to the service providers. Mr. Kanyonyi speaking1……
Mr. Kanyonyi also said the fines for illegal power use were uniform and not discriminative to suspects, warning against anybody intending to deal in illegal power connections. Counsel Kanyonyi speaking2…..
The Chief Executive officer for Kilembe investment Ltd, Ms. Jane Masika Birungi said besides the four million payments in fines, anybody guilty of illegal power use will pay ten times for the units used.
Ms. Jane speaking……
She however said they will continue making the required interventions to make power reliable and affordable to their customers. END.