Kenya Power Declares A Partial Outage
Kenya Power Declares A Partial Outage
Nairobi and Mombasa are among the areas of the nation that are currently experiencing blackouts, according to confirmation from Kenya Power. Kenya Power informed the source that before making a thorough comment, it was awaiting information on the impacted locations.
“As soon as the data is available, we’ll share an update with you,” Kenya Power’s Corporate Communications Officer, Immaculate Kubai, said.At 8:30 p.m., the utility company issued a statement in response to the commotion, indicating that their technical staff was working nonstop to restore power.
Some areas of the nation are without power. Our engineers are attempting to get the impacted areas’ supplies back online. We sincerely regret any trouble this has caused our clients,” KPLC said. “An update on the restoration progress and the cause of the power outage will be issued later.”
Speaking with the source, a number of people complained about blackouts in several parts of the nation, including Nairobi, Athi River, South B, and South C. Online Kenyans expressed their dissatisfaction with the blackout and questioned if the government had taken the appropriate action to alleviate the country’s widespread power outages.
The nation also suffered a full-night power outage on August 25, 2023. Joy Mdivo, the chairwoman of the Kenya Power board, explained that the incident was caused by a power outage at Turkana power station, which affected the country’s supply.
The grid is set up so that other grids take over when a maximum of 4% of the electricity is lost, the speaker continued. The grid lost electricity as a result of the outage, which exceeded the 4% loss, while some substations were able to regain power.
