Most parts of the country were on Monday morning in darkness after a major fault on one of the Kenya Power substations.
The Ndenderu substation which supplies Nairobi, Coast and Mt Kenya regions experienced a technical fault resulting to the major blackout.
The power distributing company made an explanation via Twitter.
A technical fault occurred at Ndenderu substation this morning cutting off supplies from Olkaria to the City, Coast & Mt. Kenya regions. ^KK pic.twitter.com/WSuXaltFQz
— Kenya Power Limited (@KenyaPower) January 9, 2017
Eng. Tare (GM, Network Management): Our technical teams are on the ground to normalise power supply. We regret any inconvenience caused. ^KK pic.twitter.com/5aWe1inq3i
— Kenya Power Limited (@KenyaPower) January 9, 2017
According to the daily updates by the company, some parts of the city were scheduled for maintenance Monday but the fault at the Ndenderu substation threw the entire city in blackout.
This even as parts of the city among them Ruai, Utawala, Mihango, Njiru, Athi River and Kileleshwa experienced interruptions on Sunday night.
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