The blackout bill: Why property owners must rethink electricity

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

Recurring power interruptions in Kenya are no longer simply an inconvenience to households. They are becoming a business-continuity, property-management and investment issue.

On July 29, Kenya Power confirmed an outage affecting Nairobi, the Coast, Mt Kenya and parts of the Central Rift, attributing it to system disturbance. Planned interruptions continued in August.

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