Monkey causes nationwide blackout in Kenya

By Tiffany Ap and Lonzo Cook, CNN

Updated 12:27 AM ET, Wed June 8, 2016

Kenya -- yes, the entire country -- was left without power Tuesday after a rogue monkey got into a power station and triggered a nationwide blackout.

The primate fell onto a transformer at the Gitaru hydroelectric power station, according to KenGen, which owns the facility.

The company is the country's largest generator of electricity, providing around 80% of energy consumed in the east African nation.

In a statement posted to the company's Facebook page, the company said the system had been restored and that all power generating units were operating normally.
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