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Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi.[Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has attributed today's power blackout to inadequate investment in the country's energy infrastructure.
In a statement, Wandayi explained that the outage, which affected multiple regions earlier today, was caused by a malfunction on the Loiyangalani transmission line at the Suswa substation.
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