A past image of Kenya Power technicians working on a power line in Mbeere North. Source: FacebookThe widespread outage was first reported a few minutes after 8:30 pm on Wednesday, July 29, after electricity supply unexpectedly went off in several parts of the country. Social media was quickly flooded with posts from frustrated Kenyans reporting the blackout. However, TUKO.co.ke established that some areas continued to have electricity despite the widespread outage, indicating that the blackout did not affect every part of the country. "We wish to inform our esteemed customers that we are experiencing a widespread power outage affecting customers in Nairobi, the Coast region, the Mt.