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Jun 8th 2016 10:25AM


Monkey Causes Nationwide Blackout In Kenya





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Kenya faced a nationwide blackout on Tuesday, and it appears a monkey was the root cause.

According to the Kenya Electricity Generating Company, the primate climbed onto the roof of the Gitaru power station and fell onto a transformer.


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This tripped the machine, which caused other machines to overload. That led to the loss of more than 180 megawatts from the plant, which, in turn, resulted in the blackout.

The company says all of its installations are secured with electrical fencing but are unable to say how the monkey got into the area.







The event has caused a social media firestorm. Joy Phillips writes, "When's the last time you experienced a blackout due to a monkey? Life in Africa!"

Christine Edwards said, "Well I feel less bad that I'm starting my second day without electricity again, now that I know it was caused by a monkey!"

If there's any upside to this electrical nightmare, it's that the monkey did in fact survive the shock and is now in the custody of the Kenya Wildlife Service.

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