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Incessant blackouts: Which way for Kenya's ageing power network?

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Energy and Petroleum CS Opiyo Wandayi flanked by Kenya Power Alex Wachira the Principal Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, State Department of Energy and EPRA Director General Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria media brief following a nationwide blackout. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

In the last week, the country experienced two major power outages, crippling not just businesses and households but essential services providers such as hospitals.

It is not the first time that the country has been thrown into darkness. Major outages have become the norm in recent years.

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