Why new rationing exposes Kenya’s shaky electricity capacity  

A cook serves food at an eatery near Globe Roundabout in Nairobi after a power outage that hit most parts of the country on September 6, 2024.

Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group

Kenya suffered a nationwide blackout on Friday morning, the second in a week. State officials have been unable to explain to the public the cause of the increasingly frequent power outages.

In a press briefing on the same day, Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi revealed that one of the reasons for the blackouts is that the country’s power generation capacity is limited.

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