Last month, we had a power black out. some fool decided to take advantage of the unfortunate situation and steal fuel from the transformer.
i hear when that happens and the people around do not mulika the mwizi, kplc punish u by making u stay in darkness for the longest time.
our "generous" landlord decided to install a generator for us. the next day he sent a notice that he has increased rent by 500bob per household maintainence and fuelling the generator. there are twenty households. so every month, he makes 10K. other than this one time we had no elec for 3days, the other blackout incidents occur once or twice every 3months and for 1hr max.
is the increase in rent justified?
if it is, should it be that much (ie 500bob)?
any lawyer out thgere who can clarify what the law says about increase in rent???

the 500bob is inclusive in the rent. do u think it costs 10k to maintain a generator?

he must be a very patient landlord, a generator to support all of you must have a price tag of more than 1M....the only generous part of him is charging you 500 bob.

@mmunguti, your landlord has performed value addition in fixing an emergency generator for the flats. Unless you remain in darkness during the blackouts, you can either put up or move out. He/she will also probably raise rent at end year claiming wear and tear on the generator anyway, but decision remains yours. My 500 cents, cheers!