Various regions within Nairobi and Siaya counties will face planned electricity outages on Friday.
In Nairobi’s Westlands district, properties along Muthithi Road, Ojijo Road, as well as establishments such as Broad Wall Mall, Ovacado, Fruity Fruits, Bank of Baroda, Lagaisa House, GoldenTrip Hotel, and HyperMatt will experience an outage from 9 AM to 5 PM.
In Siaya, Tingwangi and Anduro will face interruptions. The regions impacted include Randago, Murmalanga, Tingwangi, Nyajuok, Ojando, Matera Secondary, Achae Rach, Upanda, along with neighboring consumers who will lack electricity between 9 AM and 5 PM.
WHY INTERRUPTING ELECTRICITY IS IMPORTANT
Kenya Power carries out both scheduled and unscheduled disruptions for multiple reasons such as maintaining and upgrading the network, adding new connections, and tackling issues or responding to emergencies.
Scheduled downtimes for network maintenance and upgrades typically occur to enable Kenya Power technicians to conduct crucial work on improving the stability and performance of the electrical grid.
In the course of road construction or similar infrastructure developments, it might become necessary to replace power lines. This would entail brief interruptions in service; however, such occurrences will come with adequate warning for all impacted clients.
Nonetheless, unexpected power outages might happen because of factors outside Kenya Power's jurisdiction.
These include unforeseen f Mistakes and machinery breakdowns, leading to power disruptions necessitating brief service pauses for repairs.
Vandals can also harm electrical grid infrastructure, resulting in service disruptions and necessitating maintenance work that could include brief power cuts.
Other times, e Extreme weather events such as gusty rains have the potential to harm power lines and facilities, leading to disruptions in service and necessitating maintenance work.
In certain cases, animals such as elephants may damage power lines, resulting in blackouts.
About a decade back, in June 2016, A monkey led to a nationwide power outage when it climbed onto the rooftop of the Gitaru Power Station and landed on a transformer.
The primate caused the transformer to trip, initiating a cascade of events. interruption in electricity production and delivery At the other locations, this resulted in a loss exceeding 180 megawatts of electricity.
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