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Kenya Power denies ‘silent rationing’


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Several parts of the city and the central business district have been having intermittent power supply since last week.
Photo/FILE Several parts of the city and the central business district have been having intermittent power supply since last week.
By NATION CORRESPONDENTS
Posted  Tuesday, July 5 2011 at 20:14
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Recent power outages in Nairobi and the western parts of the country have raised suspicions of power rationing.
Several parts of the city including Nairobi West, Westlands and the central business district have been having intermittent power supply since last week. Naivasha, too, has been affected.
In western Kenya, residents have been relying on candles, paraffin lamps and generators, following the erratic supply of power.
Kenya Power declined to comment on Tuesday, with spokesman Migwi Theuri, saying he could not discuss the matter.
Faulty machine
A source at the firm, however, said that the erratic power supply in western Kenya was caused by a fault in one of the machines at Turkwell power station since Monday, resulting in inadequate capacity.
Homabay Town is hosting the Nyanza provincial music festivals and the students and their teachers, numbering more than 4,000, have had to use alternative sources of energy during day and night.
In Kisumu, regular power outages shut some businesses over the weekend. The neighbouring Kisumu North District has been experiencing intermittent supply.
In Bomet, owners of electricity intensive businesses such as cyber cafés, have been counting losses, with up to 10 hours of outages.
In Kakamega, Mr Ben Kataka, the Kenya Power customer relations officer in the region, said that vandalism had disrupted normal supply in the affected towns.

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