A worker prepares for the installation of electricity wires in Lemek, Kenya. (File photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) Kenya’s power is back up after a national power blackout.
Electricity pylons collapsed on one high-voltage line, taking out the country’s entire network.
Work has begun on fixing the collapsed electricity towers, Kenya Power said.
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Power supply has been restored in all parts of Kenya, which earlier experienced a nationwide outage after a high voltage transmission line connecting the capital broke, state-controlled utility Kenya Power said on Tuesday.
Kenya Power reported a blackout occurred at 07:45 GMT, after towers supporting a high voltage power line connecting the capital to the Kiambere hydroelectric dam collapsed.
A company spokesperson confirmed the outage was nationwide.
It said in a statement that as of 14:35 GMT, power had been restored in all parts of the country except in three administrative regions, known as counties, and whose supply was expected back by 15:00 GMT.
"Work has also commenced to reconstruct the collapsed electricity towers," Kenya Power said.
Kenya Power is the country’s sole electricity distributor and the bulk of its power comes from Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen).
Earlier it was reported that Electricity was out in Kenya, after pylons collapsed on a single high-voltage transmission line, the state-controlled equivalent of Eskom, Kenya Power said on Tuesday.The line connects Nairboi with the Kiambere hydroelectric dam."We have lost power supply due to collapsed towers on Kiambere – Embakasi high voltage transmission power line at 10:45 a.m.(0745 GMT) this morning," Kenya Power said in a statement on its Twitter account."Our engineers are working to restore electricity supply as the repairs are being undertaken."A company spokesperson confirmed to Reuters that the outage was nationwide.The company did not say what had caused the transmission line collapse, nor did it release an estimate on how long repairs would take.Kenya Power is the country’s sole electricity distributor and the bulk of its power comes from Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen).In May 2020, Kenya experienced a similar nationwide outage after a section of a high voltage power line that transmits power to Nairobi from the Olkaria geothermal power plants, some 75km from Nairobi, broke.In late December, a section of another transmission line known as Loyaingalani-Suswa, collapsed, knocking out some power supply from the grid and leading to power rationing in some parts of the country – including Nairobi […]
