The supply hitch was caused by a technical fault at Gitaru Hydro Station, which is operated by Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen). It also has a statutory mandate to build and maintain power supply infrastructure in the country. Kenya Power has at least 2.6 million customers. The country is now back to normal supply," Kenya Power's General Manager for Network Management Daniel Tare said yesterday after being confronted by loud outbursts from social media, by angry users. "Our technical teams have been able to restore supply to the affected areas following the outage that resulted from a fault at the Gitaru Power Station.

Source: Standard Digital June 07, 2016 21:11 UTC