A monkey has infamously caused a nationwide disruption of power in the nation of Kenya.
File photo
The monkey has caused a countrywide power outage in the Kenya.
According to Zebby Sambu, a spokesperson of national electricity provider KenGen who spoke on Wednesday, the monkey jumped onto the roof of the Gitaru power station in the capital, Nairobi, on Tuesday, fell onto a transformer and tripped it.
Zebby Sambu said: “The resulting blackout caused power outages across Kenya for several hours, since the plant generates about 80 per cent of the country’s electricity.
“The monkey was alive and had been handed over to the Kenyan Wildlife Service,” said Sambu.