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Kenya Power plans Sunday outages in five counties

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Kenya Power has scheduled electricity outages on Sunday 25 October in parts of Nairobi, Machakos, Kisumu, Kiambu and Kilifi. In Nairobi, areas including Komarock and Kayole will be without power from 7am to 5pm as part of maintenance operations announced by the public company.

Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), Kenya’s public electricity provider, has scheduled outages on Sunday 25 October in parts of Nairobi, Machakos, Kisumu, Kiambu and Kilifi to carry out maintenance work, according to a company notice reported by Tuko.

In Nairobi, the Komarock, Kayole, Joska, Ruai, North Impact and Utawala neighbourhoods are due to be without power from 7am to 5pm. In Machakos County, the planned interruptions along Kangundo Road, between Joska and Nguluni, as well as in Tala and Kangundo, are scheduled from 9am to 5pm. In Kilifi, Kanamai and Mtwapa are affected from 8am to 1pm, according to Kenya Power.

These times add to the maintenance outages already announced by Kenya Power in Nyeri and Kiambu on 23 October, in the outage schedule for Nyeri and Kiambu.

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