Electricity was restored in some parts of
Nairobi, central, western and coastal regions early on Wednesday after a major power blackout the previous day.
A transmission system problem had caused the widespread outages on Tuesday evening,
Kenya
Power said in an earlier statement.
The areas affected included parts of Nairobi, Mount
Kenya, Nyanza, Western, Rift Valley and Coast regions, according to the company.
It said on Twitter overnight that power had been restored in parts of the capital, though on Twitter on Wednesday morning, people still reported outages in some neighborhoods.
Power was also back on in parts of the Rift Valley and most of the Western and Coast regions, the company said Wednesday.
The company is the country's sole electricity distributor and the bulk of its power comes from
Kenya
Electricity Generating Company (KenGen).
Kenya
Power, which has 6.4 million customers connected to its grid, gets 60 per cent of its revenues from industrial consumers in Nairobi and the neighbouring town of Thika.
While the frequency and severity of outages in
Kenya
has fallen over the years, many firms still run stand-by generators to cope with any interruptions.
Kenya
has an installed electricity generating capacity of 2,341 MW, most of it from geothermal and hydroelectric power.
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