List of areas to experience power interruptions on Tuesday, April 13
By Cynthia Lodite, April 13, 2026Kenya Power has announced planned maintenance that will leave parts of Nairobi, Elgeyo Marakwet, and Mombasa counties without electricity on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
In a statement on the KPLC official X account on Monday, April 13, 2026, the utility firm said the works are part of routine upgrades and repairs on the distribution network.
At the same time, for real-time updates, outage status, billing requests, token-related issues, and other self-service options, KPLC has directed customers to use the company’s website.
“Good evening. Kindly note that the following areas will be on planned maintenance tomorrow, Tuesday, 14/04/2026. For real-time updates, outage status, billing requests, token-related issues, and other self-service options, please visit our chatbot at: https://chatbot.kplc.co.ke,” KPLC said.
Kenya Power said the maintenance will run from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm., a ten-hour interruption expected to disrupt homes, businesses and institutions along the corridor.
The outage in the Nairobi region will affect parts of the Guthurai area, which includes Maziwa, Maziwa Farmers, Cooperative Bank, Kahawa West, Kamae and adjacent customers.
At the same time, Customers in the Nyari area, including Stabex Petrol station, parts of Gachie market, Redhill Baraka school, Muchugia, Bishops, Nyari West, Ngecha road, and adjacent customers.
In the North Rift region, parts of Elgeyo Marakwet County will also be affected between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm. The company listed Katalel centre, Kipsoen Polytechnic, Salaba Primary School, Kiplus Centre, Boundary Centre, Silvan Secondary School areas among those scheduled for power interruption.
On the other hand, in the Coastal areas, KPLC announced that the outage will start from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
The areas include Diani Beach Hospital, Mrima Primary, Tenant Purchase, Samaki Poa, Ngumungumu, Kibaki est, Mt. Sinai, Ujamaa, Pungu, Vyemani, Shikaadabu, Taifa Gas, Inspiration and Vijiweni.
Other areas include Consolata, Corner Mpya, Bububu, Soweto, Likoni Secondary school, Kiwerera, Mbuta, Third World and adjacent customers.
Rising outages, system losses
Kenya Power said the maintenance will support network stability and improve service delivery in the long term. The firm has, in recent months, increased such works as it responds to rising demand and pressure on the grid.
The announcement comes at a time when Kenya’s power sector is under scrutiny over reliability. According to recent data from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), consumers still experience an average of 8.39 hours of outages per month, far above the regulator’s target. The report also shows that more than 22 per cent of electricity is lost during transmission and distribution.
“System losses refer to electrical energy generated but lost during transmission and distribution, including unbilled energy from illegal connections, unmetered supply and meter tampering,” EPRA noted in its latest report.
Kenya Power has said ongoing upgrades aim to reduce outages and improve efficiency, but the impact of maintenance work continues to be felt by customers across the country. Businesses in affected areas are expected to rely on backup generators during the scheduled downtime.