Kenyan from all points of the nation have reported they are currently experiencing power interruption.

The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) issued a statement on Thursday afternoon revealing the cause of the nationwide power outage.

According to Kenya Power, a system disturbance has once again caused the serious loss of bulk power supply to various parts of Kenya.

"We have lost bulk power supply to various parts of the country due to a system disturbance and we are working to restore normalcy within the shortest time possible," KPLC statement read.

Kenya Power further said it will update Kenyans on the restoration process and apologized for any inconveniences the outage has caused.

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"An update on the restoration progress will be issued in due course," KPLC said.

"We apologise to our customers for the inconvenience caused."


The current massive blackout comes barely a month after another similar power outage that occurred in early November.

This year alone the country has experienced several power outages that have greatly inconvenienced power consumers.