Check
Search your area to see current Kenya Power notices and user-reported water interruptions in one place.
Built after the warning came too late
No one should discover an outage only after the taps run dry.
Kenyans face frequent power cuts and water shortages with little to no advance warning. Utility notices can arrive late, inconsistently, or not at all. By then, there is no water stored, no backup plan, and no time left to prepare.
OutageKE began in Nairobi after its builder went two weeks without water and realized there was no simple way to know the interruption was coming. That frustration became a real-time dashboard for the next person who needs a heads-up.
Problem
Late notices
Source
Official + community
Goal
Prepare before it hits
How it works
Three simple steps
Report
If your taps are dry and your area is not listed, submit a water outage so nearby residents can prepare.
Get notified
Enable alerts and keep checking the dashboard so new interruptions do not catch your home or workplace off guard.
Community confirmations
Why reports matter
When utility companies fail to communicate, the community fills the gap. A single water report can warn a neighbor early enough to store water, change plans, or avoid being stranded.
OutageKE lets people confirm they are also affected. Once multiple residents confirm the same report, the alert earns a community confirmation badge, making it easier to spot outages that are being felt beyond one household.
Who built this
Built from lived frustration
OutageKE was built by a Nairobi resident who got tired of guessing whether the blackout or dry taps were only a personal problem or something affecting the whole area. It is a practical tool built from an ordinary Kenyan problem: services disappear, communication lags behind, and people need each other to fill the silence.
The vision
A Kenya where residents are warned in time.
OutageKE exists for a simple future: no resident should be caught off guard by a service interruption. Your neighbor's report should be enough to help you prepare before the outage reaches your door.
Help the next person prepare
Report an outage today.
Every timely report makes the dashboard more useful for someone nearby.