A power blackout that plunged Kenya into darkness on Sunday was a possible act of sabotage, a minister says.
The outage disrupted several services, including the main airport in the capital, Nairobi, where two terminals were without power for several hours.
“Considering the frequency of the power disruption, and taking into account the fact that JKIA is a facility of strategic national importance, we are making a formal request to the National Police Service to investigate possible acts of sabotage and coverup,” he posted on X.
In its most recent update, Kenya Power said it was “working round the clock to restore normalcy to the remaining areas as soon as possible”.
Energy Minister Davis Chirchir has attributed the outage to a powerline overload, which then caused a failure to the country’s entire power network.
The government will also build additional networks over the next 20 months to relieve the currently overloaded transmission lines and prevent future outages, Mr Chirchir added.
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