Kenya Power on Sunday, January 7, announced that it had lost its transmission power line serving Western, Nyanza and Rift Valley regions.
In a statement, the power company stated that the power line was down due to unforeseen circumstances.
This arose from critical maintenance works that were being undertaken on a section of the line earlier in the day.
“This has led to controlled supply interruption affecting some customers in parts of Eldoret, Kisumu, Kakamega, Bomet, Kericho, and the surrounding areas,” the statement read in part.
“Restoration works are in progress. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this disruption."
This was announced hours after the company lost four supply lines serving the Nairobi Metropolitan region.
This affected power in Ruiru, Kabete, Uthiru, Fedha, Tassia, Kamakis and surrounding areas.
On December 13, President William Ruto’s Cabinet directed the Ministry of Energy to unbundle transmission lines so that power failure in one part of the nation does not affect the entire country.
The Cabinet resolved further that to deal with the overloading of transmission lines that cause outages, the government would embark on constructing the Bomet-Narok line.
This is expected to cost Ksh37.5 billion and will be funded partly by the Africa Development Bank.
Kenya Power did not reveal if the outage in the three regions was a result of the proposed unbundling.
Other areas that will experience scheduled blackouts include the North Rift Region covering parts of Turkana County.
