Kenya In Darkness: Kenya Power Announces Nationwide Blackout

BY MWANAHABARI REPORTER

Kenyans have this afternoon been plunged into darkness.

The announcement was made by Kenya Power on Thursday 24 – afternoon.

The power outage has affected the whole country, with many homes and businesses in Nairobi left in darkness.

The statement by Kenya Power read: “We have lost bulk power supply to various parts of the country due to a system disturbance and we are working to restore normalcy within the shortest time possible.”

DID YOU KNOW

1. Power outages can be caused by weather conditions, human error, equipment failure, and even animal interference.

2. A similar nationwide power outage occurred on November 2, 2022. This was caused by  a technical hitch according to KPLC.