Kenya Power has scheduled power interruptions in parts of Bomet and Narok counties on Saturday, December 20.
In a notice on Friday, December 19, the company said the planned outages are part of scheduled maintenance works.
In Bomet County, electricity supply will be interrupted from 8.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M.
The areas to be affected include Bomet Township, Tenwek Hosp, Siongiroi Mikt, Silitwet Mkt, Kapkwen. Sigor, Longisa, Mulot, Motigo Tea Factory, Stegro Tea Factory, Green Fields, Kisiet Tea Factory & adjacent customers.
In Narok County, the power outage is also scheduled from 8.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M.
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The affected areas are Narok Township, Eor-Ekule Mikt, Ntulele Mkt, Nenkare Mkt, Dukamoja Mkt, Suswa Mkt, Kojonga Mikt, Lotian Mit, Kisiriri Mikt, Olkirikirai Mikt, Tipis Mkt, Enengetia Mikt, Ewaso Ngiro Mikt, Ngoswani Mikt, Majimoto Mikt, Naikara Mkt, Oloraimutia Mkt, Nisoilale Mikt and Sekenani Mikt.
Other affected areas are Talek Mikt, Narosora Mkt, Entasekera Mkt, Katakala Mkt. Ololunga Mikt, Oleshapani Mkt, Olmegenyu Mkt, Sogoo Mikt, Tendwet Mkt, Norinkori Mikt, KDF Camp Nkorinkori, Lemek: Mkt, Aitong Mkt, Ratili Centre, Mulot Mkt, Baraka Mkt & adjacent customers.
Elsewhere, early Friday, Kenya Power explained the cause of a widespread electricity outage that affected parts of the Coast region on Thursday night, December 18.
In a notice, the company said the interruption resulted from a major system disturbance at the Rabai substation, which disrupted electricity supply across most areas of the Coast region.
"At 21.57 p.m., a major system disturbance occurred at the Rabai 220/132kV substation leading to supply interruption in most parts of the Coast region," the notice read.
Kenya Power further explained that the disturbance at the Rabai substation caused a disruption to several major transmission lines that play a critical role in delivering electricity to the Coast.
"Consequently, power supply to three major transmission lines, the Isinya-Rabai 220kV, the Kiambere-Rabai 132kV and the Rabai-Devki 132kv lines was disrupted at the Rabai end," the notice added.
Kenya Power noted that technical teams had been deployed to investigate the cause of the disturbance and restore normal supply.
"Our teams are working to investigate and resolve the issue. We apologise to our Coast Region customers, and we assure them that the matter is receiving all the necessary attention," the notice concluded.
