National power provider Kenya Power has come out to explain why many parts of the country suffered loss of power during the Ruto debate on Tuesday evening.

According to the Kenya Power, the huge blackout that started at around 8.12pm and ended after 9pm was not intentionally made to disrupt the debate.

However, it was not lost on many that the power loss had occurred just as the debate was starting and ended just as the debate was concluding.

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“At 8:12pm this evening, we experienced a system disturbance at the Kisumu – Muhoroni high voltage transmission power line that tripped several power circuits and affected power generation from Muhoroni Gas Turbine Station and Turkwell Hydropower Station,” said Kenya Power.

The shortfall caused power outages in parts of Western, South Nyanza, North Rift, Central Rift and Nairobi North.

“Our system engineers immediately commenced restoration works and normalised power to all areas by 9:07pm,” Kenya Power said.