Electricity Safety Awareness
- Always engage a licensed electrician and avoid quacks…a list of licensed electricians can be found on the epra website on www.epra.go.ke
- Ensure that your power supply is legally supplied by kenya power, the only licensed distributour of electricity in the country.
- Ensure that your buildings, structures or operations are not under or very near power lines.
- Do not touch, drive over or try to remove fallen power lines, electricity poles or conductors. If you come across fallen power lines call 97771 or dial *977#, or contact your local police station.
- Take care when cutting trees near power lines. Contact the nearest kenya power office before doing so. In addition, do not plant trees under power lines.
- Have your electric fence installed and maintained by qualified personnel.
- Keep off transformers and power supply cables. If you notice anyone attempting to vandalise a transformer or tamper with cables call 97771 or report to your nearest police station.
- Ensure that metallic clothing lines and tv ariels do not come into contact with energised power lines.
- Watch out for children playing with electrical appliances or playing near transformers including flying kites near power supplies.
- Do not touch electrical components with wet hands.
- Do not overload sockets.
- Always engage a licensed electrician and avoid quacks…a list of licensed electricians can be found on the epra website on www.epra.go.ke
- Ensure that your power supply is legally supplied by kenya power, the only licensed distributour of electricity in the country.
- Ensure that your buildings, structures or operations are not under or very near power lines.
- Do not touch, drive over or try to remove fallen power lines, electricity poles or conductors. If you come across fallen power lines call 97771 or dial *977#, or contact your local police station.
- Take care when cutting trees near power lines. Contact the nearest kenya power office before doing so. In addition, do not plant trees under power lines.
- Have your electric fence installed and maintained by qualified personnel.
- Keep off transformers and power supply cables. If you notice anyone attempting to vandalise a transformer or tamper with cables call 97771 or report to your nearest police station.
- Ensure that metallic clothing lines and tv ariels do not come into contact with energised power lines.
- Watch out for children playing with electrical appliances or playing near transformers including flying kites near power supplies.
- Do not touch electrical components with wet hands.
- Do not overload sockets.