Kenya Power confirms major outage across several parts of the country

The company, in a statement to newsrooms on Friday evening, stated that the outage was caused by a "general system disturbance."

Kenya Power however noted that it is working on restoring things back to normal.

"We have experienced a general system disturbance thereby causing a major outage. Our technical teams are troubleshooting with the aim of restoring supply at the earliest," read the report from Kenya Power.

"Sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused. Thank you for the continued partnership."

As at the time of publishing, the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and counties like Nairobi, Kiambu, Siaya, and Kisumu had confirmed power outages.