{"id":146116,"date":"2024-02-01T06:25:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T06:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/kenya-exports-copper-worth-sh7b-despite-not-being-a-copper-mining-country\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T06:25:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T06:25:56","slug":"kenya-exports-copper-worth-sh7b-despite-not-being-a-copper-mining-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/kenya-exports-copper-worth-sh7b-despite-not-being-a-copper-mining-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Exports Copper Worth Sh7B Despite Not Being a Copper-mining Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-306690\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"447\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kenya-power.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-306690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kenya-power.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"447\"  \/>Kenya continues to be an active crime scene with reports emerging that the country exported billions worth of copper despite not being a copper-mining nation.<\/p>\n<p>Energy Principal Secretary Alex Wachira made the revelation on Wednesday following a Tuesday raid on scrap metal dealers in Nairobi\u2019s Industrial Area.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities seized approximately 12 tonnes of vandalized energy equipment, valued at Sh.15.4 million, in a warehouse following a tip-off from the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday, acting on a tip-off, the energy police unit, with the Kenya Power security, KETRACO security raided one of the go-downs in Industrial Area, acting on a tip off, and were able to arrest and confiscate 11.86 tonnes of copper and associated items,\u201d PS Wachira said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Last year alone, we exported as a country, Sh7 billion worth of copper items from 13 licensed dealers. So the big question we are asking ourselves is, we are not a copper mining country but, we are still exporting copper worth Sh7 billion?\u201d<\/em> he posed.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, the country incurs losses ranging from Sh.2 billion to Sh.2.5 billion due to vandalism, with Kenya Power and key government infrastructure bearing the brunt of the losses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Check Out \u2013 Man Sentenced to 30 Years For Vandalizing Kenya Power Equipment Worth Sh60K<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the last financial year, Kenya Power reported a surge of up to 46 percent in cases of transformer vandalism.<\/p>\n<p>Just a month ago, the Energy Ministry carried out another raid, leading to the seizure of vandalized material valued at approximately Sh.13.4 million.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBefore we started this crackdown in May, we used to lose an average of 1 transformer a day, and we have seen a reduction of the same, but we are not yet there,\u201d<\/em> said PS Wachira.<\/p>\n<p>The government issued a stern warning to scrap metal dealers;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are telling you, the scrap metal dealers, please avoid dealing with energy infrastructure material, specifically copper and aluminium,\u201d<\/em> PS Wachira stated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya continues to be an active crime scene with reports emerging that the country exported billions worth of copper despite not being a copper-mining nation. 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Authorities seized approximately 12 tonnes of vandalized energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya Exports Copper Worth Sh7B Despite Not Being a Copper-mining Country - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/kenya-exports-copper-worth-sh7b-despite-not-being-a-copper-mining-country\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kenya Exports Copper Worth Sh7B Despite Not Being a Copper-mining Country - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kenya continues to be an active crime scene with reports emerging that the country exported billions worth of copper despite not being a copper-mining nation. 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