Lights, finally!

By Soila Munyaka

The residents of Maasai Rural Training Centre (MRTC) can smile again after almost a week; from Tuesday 2nd to Sunday 7th, in the dark due to power outage caused by a burned transformer after some drizzles.

Lack of electricity led to some financial constraints to the people living in this place because they had to spent money on water and fuel for lighting.

Maasai Rural, as it is commonly known to many, has some residential houses. It is also a host to NGOs like ALIN, MAAP and Compassion. There are also some government offices; the IEBC office for Kajiado East Constituency and Oloosidan Location Chief’s office. A public primary and secondary school also use  water and electricity from MRTC.

“It has been such a long and difficult week without water and electricity, but God is good…” said Ms.Elizabeth Muia, a resident at the MRTC.

Personnel from KPLC at the MRTC

According to the KPLC personnel, it was a challenge to find a small transformer. Another reason for the delay was due to the immense workload in the company as during the rainy season power outages are common and demand for services shoots up.

Water taps in the MRTC have been dry for sometime now and the nearest water point is Isinya town and this makes it a huge expense.  The people here are hoping that this issue on water will be resolved once and for all, as soon as possible to lessen the big burden.