NAIROBI, Sept 6 (Reuters) – A power outage hit most parts of Kenya on Friday, Kenya Power KPLC.NR said, the second major blackout in a week.

The national distributor did not give any details on the cause. Large areas were affected, apart from parts of the North Rift and Western regions, it said in a statement.

Kenya has suffered a number of blackouts over the past year including one that lasted for several hours on the evening of Friday last week.

One that Kenya Power said was caused by a system disturbance affected most of the country in May.

In August last year, the transport minister apologised after another widespread blackout plunged Nairobi’s main airport into darkness.

(Reporting by George Obulutsa and Humphrey Malalo; Editing by Andrew Heavens)