Visa, passport appointments at U.S. embassy Nairobi finally resume

The United States embassy in Nairobi has resumed visa and passport operations that were disrupted for three days.

The embassy said applicants who had appointments from March 2- 4 will be contacted for rescheduling.

“We are pleased to announce that all visa, passport, and American citizen services are now fully operational. All consular appointments for March 5, 2020 are scheduled as normal,” the message from the embassy reads.

Appointments had been cancelled for three days after damage to their systems that they said was caused by power surge and outage.

Kenya Power later issued a statement clarifying that the power outage was caused by a faulty cable inside the embassy and not a blackout.