Kenya Power has denied claims it disconnected supply at Milimani Law Courts on Tuesday during its bosses' bail hearing.
The court adjourned due to lack of natural light at the premises but supply was eventually restored.
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The power firm said the disruption must have resulted from an electric fault at the court.
In a statement via Twitter, Kenya Power said: "There has not been a blackout at the courts as
reported by a section of the media.
Our technical team has confirmed that
electricity to the court is on and that the outage may have been occasioned by
internal wiring."
Kenyans on Twitter did not take Kenya Power's claim lightly and accused it of misleading the public.
Robert Basweti said they were using generators
while
David Ngure said no sane Kenyan could believe the "public relations stunt". He said
KPLC needsan overhaul.
Omar Bond wrote:
"Those arraigned in court are pretty powerful and well-connected, as we can see."
The senior KPLC officials were in court concerning the Sh408
million faulty transformers scandal.
Managing Director Ken Tarus, his predecessor Ben Chumo
and eight other senior managers denied the charges.
They were booked over impropriety in acquisition of
faulty transformers and irregular award of contracts.
KPLC company secretary Beatrice Meso was also charged over the tender which was awarded to Muwa Trading
Company Limited.
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