Power instability causes huge economic loses to Ndhiwa residents

By Mark Anthony O.

As the rest of the Kenyans continue to notice the flurry of activities by the devolved government. Residents of Ndhiwa sub-county continue to languish in darkness as electricity reliance goes down to zero.

Most residents here are small scale earners with almost 65% of them relying on the unreliable power supply. It has also been realized that despite the frequent power black outs, its return has always been accompanied by a number of electronic loses. In the developed countries, this loses would have called for the companies compensation unlike here in Kenya.   

In an interview carried out by NCV to Bella Imelda who a saloonist at Ndhiwa, this is what she had to say ‘’we cannot do any good business in this town because of this constant power black-out. Imagine sometimes you are in the middle of blow-drying and power goes off with any alert leaving you in an embarrassing situation with the customer and she won’t pay for unfinished job hence a loss to you”. 

 She adds “I think the situation applies not just to us saloonist but even to those in the jua kali sector, industries, barbers, music stores among other things yet at the end of the month you are expected to pay for the rent and huge bills of power, things that barely assisted you raise the demanded amount”.