Today has seen the entire nation experience a power outage for hours, all thanks to a power outage occasioned by a collapsed high-voltage line on the Kiambere-Embakasi area.
Aaccording to the state-controlled Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), the collapse of the high-voltage line collapse at 10.45 AM today brought about the power blackout the country over, and the effects of it cannot be understated. “We have lost power supply due to collapsed towers on the Kiambere-Embakasi high-voltage transmission power line at 10.45 AM this morning,” issued KPLC while assuring users that they were hard at work to foresee its restoration.
They have since restored the power supply, amid a humongous amount of uproar on social media with people expressing angst and frustration by frequent blackouts. Others are not convinced that it really was a collapsed pole and have conspiracy theories about what could be going on.
Then, there is the lot who find hilarity in everything on twitter and devise memes and have interesting reactions to poke fun into things to boot. Here are some of today’s notable reactions from KOT:
2nd blackout in as many days. Kenya Power should have warned Kenyans that the 15% reduction in power bills also comes with a 15% reduction in supply.— FERDINAND OMONDI (@FerdyOmondi) January 11, 2022 Kenya power should compensate consumers for financial losses, equipment damage, physical injuries and death due to these frequent blackouts. It's also a good idea that KDF takes over KPLC. These power outages are a punishment to poor Kenyans who can't afford stand-by generators.— Alinur Mohamed (@AlinurMohamed_) January 11, 2022 Maybe the 15% reduction in power bills by Kenya power will be achieved by not supplying power 15% of the time pic.twitter.com/rgJ6SLQcrr— fredrick mwangima (@mwangize) January 10, 2022 Kenya Power Used to be called KPLC… Kenya Paraffin Lights & Candles. It Still is… 🤣— Elee Global 🇰🇪 (@EleeGlobal) January 10, 2022 Kenya power engineers working to restore power supply. pic.twitter.com/UxQFeEApzJ— Bassam (@Bassam_KE) January 11, 2022 Me in my village after Kenya power has done it's thing Kenya Power has made my crush come to charge her phone at my house 🤲🏾 glory si hupea God 🙏🏾— Mr Black⁛ (@MrBlackOG) January 11, 2022 Kenya Power towers seen working out before collapsing in exhaustion #KenyaPowerSabotage pic.twitter.com/BMcyx5e3kM— metaphor (@DanteMetaphor) January 11, 2022 "All this talk about Kenya Power got me thinking, if your current isn't home you can cum for this mjoules" pic.twitter.com/tMSpuMErJf— Billy The GOAT (@_CrazyNairobian) January 10, 2022 Kenya Power(KPLC) ndio wanatafuta solar ndio watweet shida iko wapi mbona kuna blackout. You can never trust kenya power when they have a generator as back up. 😆— BRAVIN YURI (@BravinYuri) January 11, 2022 Kenya power wabuy power bank moja kubwa for back up supply— 𝐙𝐄𝐑𝐎 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐘 (@iconic_gravity) January 11, 2022
"Na ujue kucharge ni mia biri" pic.twitter.com/S8qWBH0W5x— JacksonKE™🇰🇪 (@ItsJacksonKE) January 11, 2022
