Story highlights "This is the first such disruption we've had by a monkey," utility says

The monkey survived and was taken in by wildlife authorities

(CNN) Talk about monkey business.

Kenya -- yes, the entire country -- was left without power for 15 minutes Tuesday after a rogue monkey got into a power station and triggered a blackout.

That's 4.7 million households and businesses.

The primate fell onto a transformer at the Gitaru hydroelectric power station, according to Kenya Electricity Generating Company, or KenGen, which owns the facility. The station is the largest generator in the country.

"This monkey tripped a transformer. This triggered a cascading effect on the other generators which ended up disrupting power generation and distribution in the whole country," Kenya Power spokesman Eric Kathenya said.