US Embassy in Nairobi Cancels Visa Appointments over Power Outage

A power outage has paralyzed services within the consular section at the United States embassy in Nairobi. 

In a notice through Twitter on Monday, the US embassy said all appointments that had been scheduled for Tuesday, March 2nd have been canceled due to the blackout.

The embassy said it will contact all the affected applicants to reschedule their canceled appointments to a later date.

“Due to a power outage, all appointments with the consular section at U.S. Embassy Nairobi on March 2, 2020, are canceled. The Embassy will contact applicants to reschedule canceled appointments. We sincerely regret the inconvenience,” the announcement read.

The embassy further indicated that technicians are working to resolve the problem that has affected visa applicants.