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| By Monday morning, power had been restored to most parts of the country |AFP/BBC |
Kenya experienced its third nationwide power blackout in the past four months, disrupting services and causing anger and frustration among Kenyans. The outage affected several services, including the main airport in Nairobi, where two terminals were without power for several hours. Kenya Power, the state-run power provider, stated that power had been restored to most of the country by Monday morning. Kenya Power and Transport Minister Kipchumba Murkomen has been criticised for allowing another blackout to hit the main airport, the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), despite a promise made in August that a power outage at the airport would not happen again. The blackout affected two of the busiest JKIA terminals, with the airport's authority explaining that the backup generators serving those terminals failed to activate immediately. Murkomen has suggested that the outage may have been an act of sabotage and has made a formal request to the National Police Service to investigate possible acts of sabotage and coverup. Kenya has suffered several national power outages in recent months, including on November 11, 25, August 4, March, and November and December last year.
