{"id":36162,"date":"2017-10-31T16:59:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T16:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/reg-cautions-public-against-quack-technicians\/"},"modified":"2017-11-02T12:21:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T12:21:08","slug":"reg-cautions-public-against-quack-technicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/reg-cautions-public-against-quack-technicians\/","title":{"rendered":"REG cautions public against quack technicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weiss was speaking Tuesday in a press conference responding to the recent electricity-related injuries and deaths which he said were caused by illegal connections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cREG would like to remind all the general public and its esteemed customers that whoever needs to be connected to electricity network or has an issue related to power should seek support from REG technicians provided by the respective branches,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that some incidents that have resulted into injuries and death have resulted from using substandard materials, using unprofessional technicians, touching cables and climbing high voltage lines and cabins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are unqualified technicians operating upon deceit of the public out there claiming to be REG, Energy, Utility Corporation Ltd (EUCL) or Energy Development Corporation Ltd (EDCL) employees, telling citizens that they can give them access to electricity or repair their installations,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cREG management is calling upon the general public to be cautious with these people commonly known as ABAHIGI, because their services are substandard and may result into electrocution or fires,\u201d he cautioned.<\/p>\n<p>REG says that on 22ndOctober, in Rutunga sector of Gasabo District, two children were electrocuted after touching an electricity wire that was used illegally to share electricity between two households.<\/p>\n<p>On 25th October, in Muganza sector of Rusizi District, one of the three young girls was electrocuted and the other two were injured as a result of a cable that was detached by an unqualified technician claiming to be EUCL staff.<\/p>\n<p>The same week, on Sunday, 29th in Musanze District, a 31-year-old man who was cutting grass was struck by electrical shock when he tempered with the electrical cables that were emerging from an electrical cabin. The same day in Musanze, a 10-year-old student was struck by electrical shock after trampling on the uninsulated MV line cable which was damaged by a road maintenance company. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22395 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/reg.jpg\" alt=\"The Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Energy Group (REG), Ron Weiss speaks in a press conference\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22394 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/rege.jpg\" alt=\"REG management and journalists in a press conference.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Energy Group (REG), Ron Weiss has called on the general public to avoid working with and be alert on impostor technicians claiming to be employees of REG or affiliated institutions as such individuals cause severe system damages that at times result into loss of lives.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36162"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=36162"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=36162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}