{"id":132015,"date":"2026-02-24T19:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/two-sentenced-to-11-years-for-vandalizing-kplc-equipment\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T19:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:02:47","slug":"two-sentenced-to-11-years-for-vandalizing-kplc-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/two-sentenced-to-11-years-for-vandalizing-kplc-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Two sentenced to 11 years for vandalizing KPLC equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Two suspects have been sentenced to 11 years in jail after being found guilty of vandalising Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) transformers and stealing energy equipment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The suspects; Amos Swahili and Ernest Kemboi linked to a series of transformer vandalism were cornered in Elgeyo Marakwet on July 15, 2025 by detectives attached to KPLC.<\/p>\n<p>They were subsequently arrested and processed for arraignment.<\/p>\n<p>The Butali Law Court found the two guilty of the charges, acknowledging that the case had been proven beyond reasonable doubt thus, sentencing each to eleven (11) years imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>Welcoming the news, the DCI said the sentencing of two suspects was a vital milestone in efforts to combat vandalism of critical national installations across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/two-sentenced-to-11-years-for-vandalizing-kplc-equipment\/\">Two sentenced to 11 years for vandalizing KPLC equipment<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two suspects have been sentenced to 11 years in jail after being found guilty of vandalising Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) transformers and stealing energy equipment. The suspects; Amos Swahili and Ernest Kemboi linked to a series of transformer vandalism were cornered in Elgeyo Marakwet on July 15, 2025 by detectives attached to KPLC. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}