Electrocuted Kenya Power technician dies in hospital
One of the two technicians contracted by the Kenya Power and suffered electrical burns has died.
Mr Peter Ongeri Omenda, 40, passed on Wednesday at 8am at the Kenyatta National Hospital where he had been admitted after he was referred from Nakuru.
According to a family member, Mr Omenda’s nephew who identified himself as Dennis, the deceased had suffered nearly 90 per cent burns but “was talking when I saw him”.
He said: “He was taken to KNH on Tuesday at 1pm and I went to visit him and he even told us he was feeling okay. I left the hospital at 7pm on that day and he was talking.”
He said KNH said Mr Omenda succumbed to the injuries as he was being monitored as he was scheduled for an operation. He leaves behind a wife and six children.
ELECTROCUTION
The family say Mr Omenda and his colleague, Felix Odhiambo, 23, had been contacted by a “Kenya Power supervisor” to work on faulty power lines in Nakuru.
Their electrocution and ultimate injuries that occurred on Sunday was caught on camera went viral on social media. But Kenya Power officials would later say the two were in stable condition.
It is believed that power was switched back on before the two technicians finished working on the transformer, in what was seemingly a miscommunication.
In a statement on Tuesday, Kenya Power General Manager for network management, Engineer Daniel Tare, said that the company is looking into the incident and has taken steps to enhance safety measures to prevent such occurrences in the future.