Ruto responds as he takes decisive action after nationwide power outage

Ruto through a cabinet resolution issue directives on power distribution, days after the nationwide power outage.

President William Ruto has directed a review of the power distribution system in the country following last week’s nationwide blackout. 

In a Cabinet dispatch released on Tuesday, August 29, it was noted that the top decision-making organ of the country was concerned over the power outage that lasted for over 12 hours beginning Friday, August 25.

In addition, the Cabinet regretted the power outage that led to the shutdown of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). 

The cabinet resolved to review the national grid to prevent nationwide blackouts, similar to what was experienced over the weekend.

In the review, some of the challenges in the distribution system will be addressed even as the Cabinet seeks to identify the causes of the Friday 

“Cabinet regretted the total electrical grid outage that led to a nationwide blackout on Saturday last week. Cabinet consequently directed the review of the power distribution system in the country, to ensure that the unfortunate occurrence shall not recur,” the statement read in part.

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Following the directive, the review will involve the analysis of power supplied from the substations all the way to systems connecting consumers, including poles and transformers.

Notably, the power outage has been blamed on the system fault experienced at the Lake Turkana Wind Power plant, which caused an imbalance in the nation’s power system.

“The system demand at the time of the blackout was 1855.8 MW and therefore, a loss of approximately 15 percent of generation was expected to cause a widespread power outage,” read the Ministry of Energy statement.

Meanwhile, Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir and Kenya Power boss Joseph Siror have been summoned to Parliament on Thursday, August 31, even as a section of leaders call for administrative action against those responsible for the outage.

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