Kenyans should prepare for a countrywide blackout, KPLC has said.
The electricity firm has filed a case saying the Nairobi government's demand for Sh605 million will hurt operations.
On February 18, the county government demanded the cash, saying it had accrued rates arrears from 2002.
The amount was to be paid by February 29.
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company wants the county ordered not to charge it for electricity poles or way leaves.
It wants all costs borne by the national government.
In documents filed in court, KPLC said there is a real risk the county government could barricade its premises and impound its vehicles again.
“Due to the county government's past notorious behaviors and the fact that the demand notice has expired, there is imminent danger of disruption of an even greater magnitude,” it said through its lawyer Gad Ouma.
KPLC says that if this happens, it will impede supply of electricity to its 4.2 million customers.
“In the recent past the county government has resorted to barricading our offices with garbage trucks to enforce payment. This includes the October 12, 2015 incident when the county employed this barbaric method resulting to a halt of all the operations for a whole day at our head office which is vital to its nationwide operations,” KPLC said.
The county government enjoys a significantly lower tariff rate for street and public lighting.
KPLC charges it only Sh4.36 per unit of electricity instead of the usual Sh11.61.
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