NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Much of Kenya awoke Saturday morning to find it's still without electricity after an unexplained power outage Friday night shut down the country’s main international airport and led to a rare public apology by a government minister. “I am really sorry for what has happened,” transport minister Kipchumba Murkomen said in a statement close to midnight. “There is no excuse worth reporting and there is no reason why our airport is in darkness.” This latest outage affecting much
NAIROBI, Kenya — Much of Kenya awoke Saturday morning to find it's still without electricity after an unexplained power outage Friday night shut down the country’s main international airport and led to a rare public apology by a government minister.
This latest outage affecting much of the country comes just weeks before Kenya’s government hosts the first Africa Climate Summit, where energy will be key on the agenda. Kenya gets almost all its energy from renewable sources, but infrastructure and alleged mismanagement remain an issue in the country of more than 50 million people.
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