The power blackout, the latest of many – lasting more than 12 hours for some areas – led to huge losses as businesses were disrupted. The national power utility company, Kenya Power said the outage resulted from a "system disturbance" at around 9 pm. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]The latest power outage is likely to shine a fresh spotlight on the country's power distribution monopoly. Kenya Power is Kenya’s sole electricity distributor and the bulk of its power comes from Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), which is the main producer. At the time, Kenya Power linked the eight-hour power outage to planned routine network maintenance.

Source: Standard Digital August 27, 2023 11:38 UTC