Power outage disrupts electricity supply in Nairobi, Coast, Central Rift

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 29 – Power outage disrupts electricity supply in Nairobi, the Coast, the Mt. Kenya region and parts of the Central Rift, with Kenya Power saying customers in…..

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A widespread power outage on July 29, 2026, has disrupted electricity supply across Nairobi, the Coast, the Mt. Kenya region, and parts of the Central Rift.

The electricity provider, Kenya Power, has deployed technical teams to restore power but has not yet disclosed the cause or a timeline for full restoration.
Kenya Power stated that customers in the North Rift and Western regions remained unaffected by the widespread blackout.
The outage impacted homes, businesses, and public institutions, forcing some to use backup power sources while engineers worked to fix the issue.

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