A fire at the Musaga Substation in Kakamega on Friday evening, August 7, caused a power outage affecting customers in five counties in Western Kenya.
Kenya Power said the incident affected customers in Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia, Siaya and parts of Vihiga counties.
The utility acknowledged the disruption caused to homes and businesses and apologised to affected customers for the inconvenience.
Kenya Power also shared a video showing the fire at the substation, describing it as the incident that caused the power outage affecting parts of the Western Region.
Fire at the Musaga Substation in Kakamega.
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The company did not immediately provide further details on the cause of the fire.
The incident comes about a week after another widespread outage affected large parts of the country.
On Wednesday, 29 July 2026, customers in Nairobi, Coast, Mt Kenya and parts of the Central Rift experienced a power outage from around 7 pm lasting for about four hours depending on the location.
Fire at the Musaga Substation in Kakamega.
The outage generated widespread discussion online as netizens sought to establish whether the entire country was in the dark and what had caused the disruption.
Kenya Power later announced that power supply had been fully restored to all affected customers by 2 am.
Meanwhile, Kenya Power has announced a planned electricity outage that will affect parts of Nyeri County on Saturday, August 8.
In a notice on Friday, August 7, the company said the eight-hour outage is meant to facilitate routine maintenance works.
The scheduled outage will affect the Ihururu and Kimathi areas in Nyeri County.
Customers expected to experience the interruption include those in Ihururu Market, Kahigaini, Karunaini, Dedan Kimathi Secondary School, and neighbouring customers.
