The Kenya Power & Lighting Company has announced a black out in the coastal region following the occurrence of a fire incident.
According to the notice, Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale, Tana River and Lamu counties are the areas affected.
"This follows a fire incident at Rabai substation in Mombasa this morning," KPLC stated, adding that the fire had been contained.
The entity added, "Our engineers are on site to assess the extent of the damage and restore normal electricity supply as soon as possible."
Perennial power outages countrywide instigated the summoning of Energy CS Charles Keter and Kenya Power MD Bernard Ngugi last month.
The frequent outages cause inconvenience and business hardships as per the expression of lawmakers who indulged in a heated session over the issue.
Joining manufacturers seeking independent energy sources, Kenya Breweries and East Africa Maltings want to generate electricity to backup supply by Kenya Power.
The two companies announced their intention to set up renewable energy generators at Nairobi and Kisumu plants.
The East African Malting plans to set up a KVA generator at its Kampala Road plant with a capacity to generate 2.2 megawatts of electricity.
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