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Economic Responsibility
Kenya Power Creates ‘Profit Centres’ In Counties
Cash-flow woes have pushed Kenya’s monopoly electricity retailer back to the drawing board, emerging with a strategy it hopes to boost its dimming fortunes.
Kenya...
Economic Responsibility
Where Kenya Power Missed Cash Opportunities
Recent news coming from Kenya Power has been generating more heat than light and the company risks being swallowed whole by the ensuing financial...
Environmental Responsibility
Shedding Light On Kenya’s Geothermal Power Plants
Kenya constructed its first geothermal plant in 1981, the Olkaria 1. The East African nation has since built a fleet of other geothermal plants...
Social Responsibility
An Inside Look at Kenya’s Thermal Power Plants
Thermal power plants (heavy fuel oil/diesel/kerosene generators) in Kenya charge the highest in excess of $0.20 per unit of electricity produced and injected into...
Social Responsibility
KenGen to Unveil its Drilling Detergent Manufacturing Factory
Press Release
NAIROBI, KENYA, Thursday June 25th, 2020: Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has commenced construction of its first-ever Liquid Drilling Detergent Manufacturing Factory, at...
Economic Responsibility
Kenya’s Treasury Allocates $93mn for Geothermal Energy Projects
Kenya has allocated $93 million (Sh9.3 billion) for development of geothermal energy in the 2020/21 financial year starting next month.
Treasury minister Ukur Yatani announced...
Economic Responsibility
KenGen Partners With Private Investors To Develop Geothermal Energy
Government-owned power producer KenGen is for the first time teaming up with private investors to develop power plants, starting with a 140MW geothermal facility.
The...
Economic Responsibility
KenGen Gets Funding To Raise Masinga Dam Wall
Power producer KenGen has secured funds to raise Masinga dam wall as a way of increasing water catchment and ensuring steady supply of cheap...