NAIROBI — More than half of Kenya, including the capital Nairobi, suffered a power outage early on Friday after a major transmission line failed, distributor Kenya Power said. Kenya Power, which is the country's sole electricity distributor, said the blackout started at 3.39 am local time (0039 GMT). It managed to restore power to most places by 7.15 am (0415 GMT). The outage resulted from a system disturbance on a 220 kV transmission line running between Nairobi and Olkaria, some 100 km northwest of the capital. East Africa's largest economy is struggling with an aging energy infrastructure that sometimes curbs efforts to improve supply in order to attract investments. Kenya Power, which serves about 2.8 million customers out of a population of 40 million, distributes power generated mostly from renewable energy such as hydro power and geothermal steam. – Reuters
