Power restored in areas affected by morning outage

Kenya Power workers upgrading power lines in Nyeri Town on July 13, 2014. A technical fault at a high voltage sub-station in Dandora this morning disrupted power in parts of Nairobi, Coast and Mount Kenya region. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

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• Kenya Power's General Manager, Network Management Eng. Benson Muriithi, reported the Company technicians succeeded in restoring power to all affected customers in less than three hours.

By NATION REPORTER

Kenya Power has said it has managed to restore all electricity supplies to areas affected by this morning’s outage.

The Company’s General Manager, Network Management Eng. Benson Muriithi, reported the Company technicians succeeded in restoring power to all affected customers in less than three hours.

The technical fault was traced to a high voltage substation at Dandora area in Nairobi.

“Upon investigation, we found out that a phase in one of our high voltage lines was partly burnt causing power lines serving different parts of the country to trip. The anomaly has since been rectified and all supplies normalised by 1.00 pm.” he said.

A technical fault at a high voltage sub-station in Dandora this morning disrupted power in parts of Nairobi, Coast and Mount Kenya region.

Kenya Power general manager for network management Benson Muriithi said the affected areas included parts of the Nairobi Central Business District, estates in Eastlands, Mombasa, Malindi, Nyeri and Thika.