NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s power generation company says a monkey caused a three-hour nationwide blackout. The Kenya Electricity Generation Company said in a statement late Tuesday that a monkey ...

Kenya had one of its most unexpected power outages when a single vervet monkey brought the country’s electricity supply to a halt. The small animal managed to sneak past security fencing at the Gitaru ...

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A monkey was able to cause a giant power outage as most of Kenya was without service for part of Tuesday. A monkey stumbled into the Gitaru Dam Power Plant, knocking out power for 15 minutes across ...

A monkey caused a three-hour nationwide blackout in Kenya Tuesday, officials said, NBC News reported. Kenya Electricity Generation Company (KenGen) said in a statement that a monkey climbed onto the ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A nationwide blackout that hit Kenya on Tuesday was caused by a monkey tripping a transformer at a hydropower plant, leading to the loss of more than 180 megawatts from the grid, ...