This archive report was first published on 9 May 2020.
Kenya Power has successfully restored power across the country following a nationwide blackout.
According to the company, major towns including Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa, Eldoret, Kakamega, Kericho, Nakuru, Kisii, Bungoma, Busia, Thika, Garissa, and Nyeri have electricity.
However, some towns in the coastal region are still without power, with Kenya Power's team working to restore electricity to areas such as Malindi and Lamu.
On May 9, 2020, Kenya Power tweeted,
pic.twitter.com/lQNzsEA04M — Kenya Power (@KenyaPower_Care) May 9, 2020
The countrywide outage, which lasted several hours, was caused by a fault near Kiambu town. Kenya Power stated that a system disturbance occurred on their transmission network at 5:49 am.
Engineers identified a technical fault in a section of the main high-voltage transmission power line that evacuates power to Nairobi from Olkaria power generation sites in Naivasha.
According to Network Management General Manager Eng Charles Mwaura, an electricity conductor came off the support insulators and clashed on the tower.
