Kenya Power: Blackout to hit parts of 2 counties on Saturday, November 22
By Nancy Marende, November 21, 2025Kenya Power has confirmed areas scheduled to experience planned power blackouts on Saturday, November 22, 2025.
In a statement on Friday, November 21, 2025, the utility company announced that several areas in Kajiado and Siaya counties will experience a planned power interruption.
Kajiado County
Residents in sections of Ilasit and Oloitoktok Town will be without electricity from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Areas to be affected include Oloitoktok, Tarakea, Entarara, Rombo up to Elerai, Njukini, Kimana, Namelock, Isinet, Itilal, Inchalai, Mbirikani Market and neighbouring customers.
Siaya County
On the other hand, parts of Ajigo and Gobei will also face a blackout from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Affected areas include Ndori, Ajigo, Gobei, Barchando and neighbouring customers.
Kenya Power’s statement on Friday, November 21, 2025. PHOTO/ A screengrab by K24 Digital of posts by @KenyaPower_Care/X
The planned outage comes at a time when the country has continued to face pressure on its power system.
Rationing
Just a few weeks ago, President William Ruto admitted that Kenya has already entered a period of daily power rationing, especially between 5 pm and 10 pm, to keep the national grid stable.
“Today in Kenya, between 5:00 pm and 10:00 pm, we have to do load shedding. We have to shut off some areas to power other areas because our energy is insufficient,” the president said.
Ruto noted that Kenya needs at least Ksh1.2 trillion to raise power production to levels that can support rapid industrial growth, adding that the country must work toward producing at least 10,000 megawatts to sustain domestic and manufacturing needs.
Kenya Power has supported the president’s remarks, saying the grid has recently been overwhelmed after sunset when solar power drops and wind production reduces.
The utility company has explained that this drop in supply, combined with rising demand, has led to scheduled rationing across different parts of the country.
KenGen also confirmed that the country recently recorded its highest-ever peak demand of 2,411.98 megawatts and the highest daily energy use of 44,122.60 megawatt hours.