This archive report was first published on 11 January 2022.
On January 11, 2022, a four-hour electricity outage affected business operations and other activities across Kenya, causing inconvenience to residents and businesses.
The outage was occasioned by the collapse of the Kiambere-Embakasi high voltage transmission power line, which led to a loss of power supply at 10:45 am.
Kenya Power engineers are conducting repairs on the power line to restore electricity supply in all parts of the country.
"We have lost power supply due to collapsed towers on the Kiambere-Embakasi transmission line at 10.45 am this morning," Kenya Power said in a statement.
Apologizing to customers for the inconvenience caused, the firm added that an update on the restoration progress would be issued in due course.
