Kenya Power Announces Scheduled Outages: Check If Your Area Is Affected on March 28
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The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has announced that certain regions within three counties will face electrical outages on March 28th.
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The utility firm announced that the disruptions in the specified regions will result from planned upkeep activities.
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The regions impacted will encompass Kakamega, Kisumu, and Nandi, where service disruptions lasting approximately eight hours are expected.
Faith Chandianya, a journalist with SANGGRALOKA.co.ke, comes with more than three years of expertise in reporting on politics and current events within Kenya.
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company has pinpointed regions within three counties that will experience electricity disruptions starting from Friday, March 28.
The firm indicated that the disruptions are planned for maintenance purposes with the intention of enhancing service provision.
“Good evening, kindly receive the scheduled power maintenance for tomorrow, Friday, 28.03.2025,” the Kenya Power statement read in part.
In which counties will there be disruptions in electricity supply?
Nandi county
Location: Kabirer Center, Kabirer Coffee Shop (9 AM – 5 PM)
Kabirer Center, Kabirer Elementary, Kabirer Café, Uson, and surrounding clientele.
Kisumu county
AEA: Muhoroni Market (9 AM-5 PM)
Chemelil Factory, Kopere Market, Holo Kopere, along with surrounding clients.
Kakamega county
The town of Kakamega operates from 9 AM to 5 PM.
Customers from Musoli, Shinyalu, Shimanyiro, Lubao, and surrounding areas.
Were there electrical outages during Gachagna’s church event?
Scheduled maintenance leading to power outages in Nyeri County during a church gathering featuring ex-Deputy President Rigathi Gachagna on Sunday, March 23, ignited significant public response across Kenya.
The disruption occurred during the installation of the Reverend Canon Gerald Mwangi Muriithi as the third Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Mount Kenya at the ACK Cathedral in Nyeri County.
The disruption fueled speculations regarding potential political interference. Several Kenyans pondered whether the electricity firm might have intentionally triggered it or if it was simply due to planned maintenance schedules.
The utility responded to these claims on their official social media platforms, stating that the disruption during the church service where Gachgua was present was not intentional. Instead, it was due to scheduled maintenance that impacted several regions within Nyeri County.
Kenya Power notified customers in specific parts of Nyeri one day prior to Gachagna’s event regarding the scheduled maintenance.
The regions highlighted encompassed Mukurweini, State Lodge, Ragati, Karatina, Nyeri, Mweiga, Tetu, and Narumoru, where outages were anticipated to last approximately eight hours, spanning from 8 AM to 5 PM.
Additional Kenya Power articles of interest
- The Kenya Power and Lighting Company has invited enrolled university and college students to apply for their 2022 internship program, scheduled to take place between May and July. Applicants must submit their forms by Friday, March 28.
- The utility firm has implemented a more user-friendly method for clients to notify them of power disruptions via the USSD code *977# or through the MyPower application. Additionally, the CEO attributed many outages to problems with vegetation, noting that certain homeowners hinder Kenya Power’s efforts to trim trees or obstruct access to electricity lines on their land.
- Kenya Power has indicated that their technical team utilizes planned maintenance times to fix defective transformers or substitute them with functional new units. As the firm embraces advanced technology such as automation, the requirement for regular upkeep has diminished.