{"id":108868,"date":"2025-01-28T13:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/kenya-power-restores-electricity-in-roysambu-after-demos\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T13:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:02:57","slug":"kenya-power-restores-electricity-in-roysambu-after-demos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kenya-power-restores-electricity-in-roysambu-after-demos\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Power restores electricity in Roysambu after demos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 28 \u2013 Kenya Power has announced the successful restoration of electricity to the Kiwanja area in Roysambu after a period of disruption.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The utility firm in a statement confirmed that the power supply was reinstated Tuesday morning, with the company confirming the replacement of a temporary 315-kilovolt-amperes (kVA) transformer with a 200-kVA unit better suited to meet the local energy demands.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya Power stated that the 315-kVA transformer had been temporarily deployed after a 200-kVA transformer in the area failed late last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the utility service provider, the larger transformer was used as a stopgap measure until a suitable replacement could be found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to have completed the installation and recovery work today,\u201d read the statement in part<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new 200kVA transformer is now in place, and the system has been successfully restored. We remain committed to providing safe and reliable electricity to all our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Kenyatta University students staged demonstrations blocking traffic along the Thika Superhighway over the frequent power outages affecting the Roysambu area.<\/p>\n<p>The students contended that the power outages had left both students and residents without electricity.<\/p>\n<p>KPLC staff had earlier faced resistance from locals, including a violent confrontation from a group of residents who threw stones at the staff, injuring several and damaging equipment.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 28 \u2013 Kenya Power has announced the successful restoration of electricity to the Kiwanja area in Roysambu after a period of disruption. The utility firm in a statement confirmed that the power supply was reinstated Tuesday morning, with the company confirming the replacement of a temporary 315-kilovolt-amperes (kVA) transformer with a 200-kVA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}