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Kenya Hit by Large-Scale Blackout - Photos

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Kenya suffered a major blackout after several towers supporting the country's main power line collapsed, the state-controlled Kenya Power and Lighting Company said on Tuesday.

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"We have lost power supply due to collapsed towers on the Kiambere – Embakasi high voltage transmission power line at 10:45 a.m. [07:45 GMT] this morning [on Tuesday]. Our engineers are working to restore electricity supply as the repairs are being undertaken," Kenya Power said in a statement.Photos of the collapsed towers emerged online.The company did not clarify which specific regions of the country were affected by the power failure. However, the Nation newspaper reported that outages were recorded in most parts of Kenya.Later in the day, Kenya Power announced that power supplies had been restored to several regions of the country, including Nairobi, West Kenya, Mt. Kenya, North Rift, South Nyanza and Central Rift.The company is currently working to restore supplies to the remaining areas affected by the blackout.

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Kenya Hit by Large-Scale Blackout - Photos

13:02 GMT 11.01.2022 (Updated: 13:04 GMT 11.01.2022)

© REUTERS / MONICAH MWANGIA Diesel Mobile Unit (DMU) train of the Nairobi Commuter Rail Service (NCRS) operated by the Kenya Railway Corporation (KRC) from Embakasi to Nairobi is seen near the old generation locomotive engine train as it rides past Electricity power lines near the Donholm station in Nairobi, Kenya January 11, 2022.

A Diesel Mobile Unit (DMU) train of the Nairobi Commuter Rail Service (NCRS) operated by the Kenya Railway Corporation (KRC) from Embakasi to Nairobi is seen near the old generation locomotive engine train as it rides past Electricity power lines near the Donholm station in Nairobi, Kenya January 11, 2022. - Sputnik International, 1920, 11.01.2022

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Kenya suffered a major blackout after several towers supporting the country's main power line collapsed, the state-controlled Kenya Power and Lighting Company said on Tuesday.

Photos of the collapsed towers emerged online.

Kenya Power High Voltage transmission towers have collapsed in Mukuru near Imara Daima Railway station in Embakasi South along Mombasa road. This is the cause of the blackout. KPLC engineers are already there undertaking repairs. Seems like the blackout will take longer. pic.twitter.com/yQzyKdDbBp
— 𝐉𝐆 (@JamalGaddafi) January 11, 2022

The company did not clarify which specific regions of the country were affected by the power failure. However, the Nation newspaper reported that outages were recorded in most parts of Kenya.

Later in the day, Kenya Power announced that power supplies had been restored to several regions of the country, including Nairobi, West Kenya, Mt. Kenya, North Rift, South Nyanza and Central Rift.

The company is currently working to restore supplies to the remaining areas affected by the blackout.