Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has undertaken to synchronise the power supply at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) by December 12.
KAA made the commitment after a power outage hit most of the country and interrupted flight schedules, including flights leaving and arriving at JKIA, last weekend.
A KAA statement following the outage on Saturday night when the national grid went down, said the airport’s backup generators were activated, with full power restoration not taking longer than 20 minutes.
The authority said full synchronisation will see instant backup support in the event of any power interruption in future.
The outage marked the second time that JKIA had been plunged into darkness in three months.
The Cabinet’s transport secretary, Kipchumba Murkomen, remained silent amid a backlash from affected parties, including businesses reliant on the airport infrastructure.
Murkomen announced wide-ranging measures in August when the first incident was reported, sending KAA's top manager home for failing to act to avert a prolonged outage.
"I am really sorry for what has happened at JKIA with the blackout. There is no excuse, and there is no reason why our airport is in darkness," Murkomen said at the time.
Then-KAA managing director, Alex Gitari, was blamed for the outage that stranded passengers for more than two hours.
Kenya Power is yet to state the cause of Saturday night's outage.
