Light Up Banda Now
Banda area residents standing together for an electricity petition

Light Up Banda Area Now

Why should a Community Live in Darkness in this day and age?

Banda Primary School has had electricity for years. Yet the homes around Banda area, including Wasweta, Kaminasuo, Odundu, Oyengu and Oturbam, have never been connected. It is as if the power simply stopped at the school gate. Families remain without electricity. Businesses still close when darkness falls. We have waited long enough. It is time for that light to reach the people. It is time for this to change.

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The injustice

This is not a blackout. It is a failure to extend an existing grid.

Banda area residents are asking for a basic public service that is already visibly nearby. The school connection proves the infrastructure reached the community boundary. The extension to households has never been completed.

The facts

  • Banda Primary School, located in South Kamagambo Ward, Rongo Constituency, was connected to the national electricity grid years ago.
  • The surrounding communities - Banda Village, Konditi Area, Kaminasuo Village and Odundu Village - have never had that connection extended to them.
  • Households, businesses, health facilities and public spaces remain completely without power.
  • Repeated requests and promises from government officials have yielded zero action.

The impact

Students cannot study after dark - disadvantaged in national exams.

Businesses cannot operate at night - economic stagnation.

Healthcare facilities are compromised - no refrigeration, no lighting for emergencies.

Water pumping is impossible - communities rely on manual water fetching.

Crime and insecurity have risen - darkness enables criminals.

The school 200 metres away has power. Our children walk home to darkness.

The burning question

The line exists. The school is connected. Why has the community been left out?

Banda Primary School is lit at the center while surrounding villages remain in darkness. The demand is simple: extend what already exists.

The extension has never been done. Why?
Banda Primary SchoolBanda VillageKonditiKaminasuoOdundu

Our demands

Formal petition demands

  1. 1Immediate survey and assessment of Banda area electrification extension by KPLC and REREC.
  2. 2Extension of the existing electricity infrastructure from Banda Primary School to surrounding communities - Banda Village, Konditi, Kaminasuo and Odundu.
  3. 3Procurement and installation of additional transformers where required.
  4. 4Erection of electricity poles across all unserved zones in South Kamagambo Ward.
  5. 5Full last-mile household connectivity for all homes in the affected villages.
  6. 6A public, written timeline and accountability schedule from KPLC, REREC and the Ministry of Energy.
  7. 7Written response from the MP for Rongo, the Governor of Migori County, and the Cabinet Secretary for Energy within 30 days of receiving this petition.

Add your voice

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Banda area residents and supporters can sign once, with consent, so the petition can be formally submitted to the relevant offices.

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Who we are petitioning

Authorities with a duty to respond

Hon. Paul Abuor

MP, Rongo Constituency

National Assembly advocacy for REREC, KPLC and energy funding allocation.

info@parliament.go.ke

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H.E. Dr. Ochilo Ayacko

Governor, Migori County

County energy initiatives, public advocacy and last-mile push.

info@migori.go.ke

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Kenya Power and Lighting Company

KPLC

Grid extension, transformers and last-mile connection.

customercare@kplc.co.ke

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Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation

REREC

Rural electrification mandate and public facility connectivity.

info@rerec.co.ke

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Cabinet Secretary

Ministry of Energy and Petroleum

National energy policy, capital funding and public accountability.

cs@energy.go.ke

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Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority

EPRA

Oversight, compliance and regulation of energy services.

info@epra.go.ke

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Civic education

Legal and constitutional basis

Article 37, Constitution of Kenya - citizens have the right to petition public authorities.
Article 43, Constitution of Kenya - reasonable living standards are linked to practical energy access.
Kenya National Electrification Strategy - the government has committed to universal access.
Last Mile Connectivity Project - KPLC and REREC have a mandate to connect unserved households.
Vision 2030 - energy is a pillar of national development.

The infrastructure to connect us already exists - Banda Primary School proves it. We are not asking for something new. We are asking for what is already here to be extended to us.

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