• The scheduled power interruption will be effected as early as 8am in some areas until as late as 5pm.
• Areas to be affected are the counties of Kiambu, Machakos, Narok, Kirinyaga, West Pokot, Isiolo, Nyeri, Homa Bay, Kisii and Uasin Gishu.
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Kenya Power has said certain areas across ten counties will go without power for the better part of Wednesday to allow for routine maintenance.
The scheduled power interruption will be effected as early as 8am in some areas until as late as 5pm.
"We are confronted with challenges related to illegal connections and encroachment on the wayleave. Illegal connections pose a danger since they are not conducted correctly," MD and chief executive Joseph Siror said in a statement.
"We are actively identifying the areas where these challenges exist and taking steps to address them," he added.
Areas to be affected are in the counties of Kiambu, Machakos, Narok, Kirinyaga, West Pokot, Isiolo, Nyeri, Homa Bay, Kisii and Uasin Gishu.
In Kiambu, power will go off from 9am to 5pm in Kiratina, Turitu, Ngegu, Kasphat, part of Kawaida and adjacent customers.
In Machakos, areas around Kyumbi Road and Nguluni Kisukioni Katulye will be affected.
They include Chai Moto, Kithini, Kenya Israel, Canaani, Leaders Academy, Mua Hills, Maanzoni, Makutano Kyumbi, Katelembo and adjacent customers.
Uasin Gishu's Garage Centre and Kabatu will be without power from 10am to 4pm while Kobodo and Nyamogo areas in Homa Bay will be affected from 9am to 3pm.
Areas to be affected in Kisii over the same timeline are Kiamokama and Keumbu in Maji Mazuri, Kiamokama Factory, Gesusu, Nyanturago, Kabosi, Borangi and neighbouring areas.
Customers around Kiamariga and Ngorano in Nyeri County should also brace for hours of power outage from 8am to 5pm while those in Isiolo around Asili Millers, Mungania, Lewa and Ntumburi will be affected between 9am to 5pm.
In Kirinyaga, areas to be affected include Karaba, Wango, Kilia, Gategi, Marurumo, Ndindiruku, Kiumbu Gikuru and Bonzuki.
The interruption will be from 8.30am to 1.30pm.
Customers around Ortum, Sina and Sigor in West Pokot will experience the outage from 10am to 3pm while those in Narok County around Mpata Club, Dikirr and Murkan will be shut out from 8am to 4pm.