Kenyans in darkness: Power outage hits parts of the country

Several parts of the country were plunged into darkness on Friday night in a major electricity outage.

In a statement to customers, Kenya Power did not give reasons for the outage but said restoration exercise was ongoing.

At midnight, the power supplier said parts of the regions affected by the widespread outage had had their power returned.

"Following the partial outage affecting several parts of the country this evening, we are pleased to report that power supply has now been restored to the entire Western region, as well as parts of Central Rift, South Nyanza, and Nairobi regions," Kenya Power said.