By M, KNA
Power outage has affected Terrabora estate and its environs including the National Intelligence Service, Kenya Wildlife Service and Masalani water supply offices.
Spot check by KNA shows that a lorry repairing the road with one cater pillar tractor hit the power lines which put off the entire supply.
KPLC officer in charge Hezron John said they got the report and a team had been dispatched to ensure power has resumed despite heavy downpour power.
The residents appeal to the political leadership led by Garissa County Senator Abdul Mohamed Haji, Garissa governor Nathif Jama and the area MP Abdi Ali Sheikhow to move with speed and ensure Masalani town in Ijara sub county has its own KPLC substation.
They decried the agony of waiting for assistance from Hola across Tana River.
Recently, a whole dormitory at Yussuf Haji girls’ secondary schools went up in flames following a short circuit caused by KPLC Hola substation.
The residents are worried that their electronic equipment might easily go up in flames.
They called on the county government to assign a firefighting equipment and fire brigade vehicles in the event of power mishap.