KAMPALA– The Uganda Electricity Regulatory Authority working together with police have arrested a tiktoker for allegedly using his tik tok account to incite members of the public to continue stealing electricity even when UEDCL was disconnecting illegal power connections.
Kasiita Ibrahim the Public relations officer at ERA says that in the tiktok video posted on 12th June 2015, featured a 27 year old tiktoker Kasule Sythn Briton a resident of Busega who openly bragged about illicitly reconnecting electricity using previously disconnected supply wires (“solido”) and incited members of the public to engage in similar illegal activities whenever disconnection occurred.
Kasiita Ibrahim says that the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) with the Uganda police, Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) tracked down Kasuke Sythn Briton and arrested him and his now waiting to face charges of terrorism
He says that they unequivocally condemns these unlawful acts and incitement which are illega because unauthorized reconnection and tampering of meters and supply wires (solido) is an offence
Relatedly Kasiita Ibrahim noted that they are working on improving their response to customer’s complaints in regards to faulty power lines in their areas.
