Union in threat to put Kenya into darkness
The country may be plunged into a major power disruption on Monday following expiry of a seven-day strike notice issued by the Kenya Electrical Trades and Allied Workers Union to the Ministry of Labour.
They claim massive corruption by use of private contractors, delay in absorbing permanently long-serving causal employees and the recent decision to terminate overtime payment as some of the reasons for the action.
It also accuses the management for engaging in wasteful expenditure through unnecessary travels.
“There are over 1,000 contracted firms which are mainly owned by KPLC managers through proxies leading to collusion in contract awards and inflated pricing of contracted jobs,” charges the union in its letter to the Ministry of Labour.
Made arrangements
Kenya Power and Lighting Company has, however, indicated that it has made adequate arrangements to ensure electricity supply will not be disrupted.
Officials of the firm have told the union to forward their corruption allegations to the KACC and maintain absorbing the workers goes against employee-revenue ratios worked out between World Bank and the State.
