Kenya Power, through a public notice, announces power outages in Nairobi and six other regions on Tuesday, January 31.
Explaining the cause of the outages, Kenya Power announced that it was part of its scheduled maintenance.
In Nairobi, the estates that will be affected include; Peponi Gardens, Peponi Road, Spring Valley, Eldama Ravine, and Eldama Park.
Other areas in Nairobi include; Donyo Sabuk Avenue, Spring Valley Road, Boundary Lane, Embassy of France, and adjacent customers.
“The listed areas in Nairobi will experience power outage from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm,” Kenya Power stated.
In Kajiado County, there will be a power outage in Kitengela, Isinya, from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.
“Areas in Kitengela that will be affected include; Tarikiville, Dusan Quarry, Sinkeet, Milimani Homes, Kenpipe Sacco, Milimani Academy, Old Namanga Road, Sensei, Orchard, and adjacent customers,” part of the public announcement read in part.
In Kisumu, the Jumbo Mattress area will experience a power outage from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.
In Siaya, the power transmission company revealed the outage would affect Hawinga area, lasting between 9.00 am to 2.00 pm.
Tumutumu, Wakamata region in Nyeri, will experience a power blackout from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm.
Mulika and Kiriene in Meru will also experience a power outage from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm, while in Kiambu, there will be no power in Ruiru Law Court and Kiambu Prison from 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM.
Kenya Power seeks to increase electricity prices by up to 78 per cent starting in April 2023.
The increase will take effect if Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) approves new tariffs seeking to withdraw the monthly subsidy initiated to cushion consumers.
Kenya Power aims to raise Ksh30 billion from the proposed increased tariff, channelled towards upgrading its services.
"We have done a lot of balancing to ensure that we run this sector sustainably. Therefore, the issue of having an income that can support the sector that supports the economy is very critical.
"As we came up with this tariff we looked as a generation, we were able to collect Ksh157 billion that was shared across the agencies and we are looking forward to getting an amount higher than this by at least 20 per cent," Kenya Power announced in a statement.
EPRA has since called for public engagement on increasing tariffs before making the recommendations. However, a section of the public opposed the move, arguing that it would heap more burden on the taxpayers.
