Gov't explains cause of Friday power outage

The government says it plans to build more infrastructure and power evacuation sites to prevent power disruptions and intermittent outages.

Energy Principal Secretary Alex Wachira, who visited Mount Kenya’s Regional Control Center in Kiganjo, Nyeri County, said the plan to expand the country’s energy infrastructure will help in smooth power distribution.

"What we lost was basically the Nairobi, Mt Kenya and the Coast region. Western Kenya and North Rift were not majorly affected because Turkwell was able to maintain generation as well as import from Uganda," he added.