The country has been plunged into darkness after the Kenya Power system failed severely disrupting critical services in hospitals and other vital installations in many parts of the country.
The prolonged power outage has occasioned massive loses to businesses as well.
“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,” said Kenya Power in a statement on Thursday.
The firm said it will issue an update on the restoration progress in due course.
Although such incidences are not rare at the cash-strapped and perennial lose making utility firm comes a day after National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Professor Njuguna Ndung’u said KPLC chairperson Vivienne Yeda is set to quit the utility at the firm’s AGM set for December 16.
Yeda was appointed in November 2020
Sources at the power utility reckon that the new government was uncomfortable with her stay at Kenya Power and links with top officials at State House under the Uhuru administration.
The blackout follows the power outage that hit Nairobi, Mount Kenya and coastal regions early this month causing disruption to businesses.
Kenya Power also attributed the blackout to a system disturbance.
In December last year, parts of transmission network connecting Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) to Suswa collapsed affecting evacuation of power from Marsabit.
LTWP is the second largest supplier of electricity to the national grid at peak demand, with the collapse of the transmission towers forcing Kenya Power to resort to costlier thermal power to plug the deficit.
