A number of areas of Kenya went with out energy on Friday and Saturday in outages that additionally left Nairobi worldwide airport in darkness for a number of hours.
Kenya Energy and Lighting Firm (KPLC) reported “a system disturbance resulting in a lack of bulk energy provide to varied elements of the nation” beginning Friday night time.
Aside from the capital, with a inhabitants of 5 million, the principle cities affected within the East African nation included Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru and Eldoret.
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By noon on Saturday, KPLC mentioned energy had been restored to many of the areas, however a number of areas of the capital and Mombasa, the second-largest metropolis, have been reportedly nonetheless with out electrical energy.
At Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta airport, one among Africa’s busiest hubs, the Kenya Airport Authority mentioned a generator serving the principle terminals had didn’t restart after the outage.
KPLC mentioned the airport provide had returned at 3:00 am (0000 GMT).
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No info had been launched on how the outage affected flight departure and arrivals.
Transport Minister Kipchumba Murkomen took to X, previously Twitter, to declare: “There isn’t any excuse value reporting and there’s no purpose why our airport is in darkness.”
© Agence France-Presse
