The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has announced a planned power interruption affecting four counties on Friday, October 24, 2025.

In a statement released on Thursday, October 23, 2025, the company indicated that the blackout will last from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in all the scheduled areas as part of ongoing maintenance and network upgrade exercises.

In the Nairobi Region, the outage will affect parts of Muthaiga, including Karura Avenue, Mini Market, Muthaiga Road, and several embassies, such as those of Israel, Belgium, the USA, Ghana, Italy, Austria, and Tanzania, along with adjacent customers.

In the Central Rift Region, parts of Narok County will also experience power loss. The affected areas include Dikirr, Mokondo, and Kirindoni, as well as surrounding localities such as Esoit, Murkan, Kurangurik, Mambleo, Kapolecho, Simotwet, Kapweria, Tumda, Kiletten, Chemmamit, Kiriwet, and Kapsinendet.

In the South Nyanza Region, two counties are expected to be impacted by the planned outage. In Kisii County, areas around Keumbu and Kiandege, including Keumbu Sub-County Hospital and Market, Riondonga Secondary, Nyaturubo, Boruma Secondary, Kiangende Polytechnic, Gesere, Nyamanengo, and adjacent customers, will be affected. In Migori County, the blackout will hit Awendo Town, Ranen, and Rinya, covering areas such as Sony Sugar and surrounding customers.

KPLC said the maintenance exercise is aimed at improving the reliability and efficiency of power supply across the country.

In times of a power blackout, the utility company usually appeals to its customers in the affected areas to treat all power lines as live during the outage.

Vandalising electric cables

These come a day after police officers in Kisumu nabbed five people of interest for vandalising Kenya Power cables.

In a statement issued by the National Police Service (NPS) on X posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, the arrests were made after residents of the Gita area and officials from the Kisumu Kenya Power office raised concerns over rising cases of power cable vandalism that had left many homes in the dark.

“Following complaints from residents of the Gita area and the Kisumu KPLC office regarding the vandalism of power cables, officers from Gita Police Station on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, acted on a tip-off from the public,” the statement reads.