Coast residents are
experiencing power blackout as a result of technical fault at Kiambere, Kenya
Power has said.
The company said the hitch has affected a high voltage transmission lines linking Nairobi
and coast.
In a statement on Saturday, Kenya power said they have sent
their engineers to repair the fault in order to restore the power which was
affected on Friday evening.
The affected areas include;
Mombasa, Malindi, Lamu, Kwale and their environs.
On January 21, Kenya's
capital city, the coastal region and central parts of the country
.
Kenya is struggling
with an ageing energy infrastructure.
The government plans
to boost installed capacity to about 6,700 MW by 2017 from about 2,500 MW.
