List of areas to experience planned power interruptions on Friday, March 20
By Cynthia Lodite, March 19, 2026Kenya Power has announced planned power maintenance affecting several areas across the country on Friday, March 20, 2026. The company said the maintenance is part of routine efforts to ensure reliable electricity supply.
The company said the outages are part of routine maintenance and will take place between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, depending on the area.
The company posted the information on its official social media accounts on Thursday, March 19, 2026, warning customers to plan for the outages.
“Good evening. The following areas are scheduled for planned power maintenance tomorrow, 20.03.2026,” read the statement by Kenya Power.
In the Western Region, residents of Kakamega County, part of the Lubao Market and Bukhaiwa areas, will experience a power outage from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.
The areas include Emusala, Orthopaedic Hospital, Emukaba, Mwiyala, National Housing, Showground, Okumu, and the surrounding areas.
Parts of the South Nyanza region, including Nyamira County, will experience a power outage from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.
According to Kenya Power, parts of Nyamira County include Kipkebe, Chebilat and Mogusii areas.
Kenya Power confirmed that the maintenance work in Nyamira County will continue from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm in areas including Kipkebe Tea, Mogusi, Sotik Tea, Chebilat, St. Mathias Mulumba, Kitaru, Mokomoni and adjacent customers.
Major cause of outages
The power outages come days after Kenya Power Managing Director Joseph Siror revealed that between 50 and 70 per cent of electricity outages across the country are caused by trees and vegetation interfering with power lines.
“The biggest challenge, if you look at most of our outages, I would want to tell the public that about 50-70% is because of trees, and the unfortunate thing you would recall is that about 2-3 years ago, we entered into a very intensive programme of cutting all the trees near our lines,” Siror said.