Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has explained a blackout affecting several parts of the country.
Kenya Power, in a statement on Wednesday, November 2, said it experienced a ‘system disturbance’ at around 11:09 am affecting power supply to parts of Nairobi, Coast. and Mt Kenya regions.
The utility firm noted that efforts are ongoing to restore the power supply as soon as possible.
“We are working, in collaboration with other sector players, to restore the power supply as soon as possible. An update on the restoration progress will be issued in due course,” the statement read in part.
“We apologise to our customers for the inconvenience caused.”
— The Kenya Power & Lighting Company Plc. (@KenyaPower) November 2, 2022
The last time an outage of such a magnitude was experienced was on July 26 at around 8:00 pm when parts of Western, South Nyanza, North Rift, Central Rift and Nairobi North were affected.
While explaining the cause of the blackout, Kenya Power said it experienced a system disturbance glitch at the Kisumu-Muhuroni high voltage transmission power line causing several power circuits to trip.
The system disturbance affected power generation from Muhoroni Gas Turbine Station and Turkwell Hydropower Station.
“The shortfall caused power outages in parts of Western, South Nyanza, North Rift, Central Rift and Nairobi North,” Kenya Power said.
Kenya Power engineers were able to restore power in the affected areas after an hour.
“Our system engineers immediately commenced restoration works and normalised power to all areas by 9:07 pm. The Company regrets any inconvenience caused,” the firm added.
