kenya power vandalism Stories
The Ministry has proposed tougher penalties, including fines of up to Sh5 million or imprisonment of up to 10 years, for anyone found guilty of vandal...
The audit reveals that numerous payments were made without proper documentation, while some land valuations were inflated, raising questions about gov...
This change would allow counties direct control over fees from electricity lines, substations, and other state-owned infrastructure running through pu...
Power purchased from Uganda nearly doubled compared to the previous month, reaching 32.5 million kWh in August from 18.95 million kWh in July.
Managing director and CEO Joseph Siror said the steady reduction in base tariffs over the past two years has made electricity more affordable and boos...
Large-scale industrial and commercial consumers benefited from the Time-of-Use (ToU) tariff, saving roughly Sh1.438 billion by shifting 180.3 GWh of e...
The World Bank committed to providing electricity access to 250 million people, with the African Development Bank (AfDB) aiming to reach an additional...
GDC told the court it had introduced a call-out allowance to compensate managers working beyond regular hours, noting that it is a standard practice g...
The upgrade, announced by Safaricom, will occur from 12:30 am to 3:30 am, during which M-Pesa services, including airtime top-ups and bill payments, w...
The trend has prompted major producers, including the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), to boost output to keep pace with consumption.
Currently, at least 25 power plants supply the national grid, operated by both government-owned and independent companies.
The illegal connections are being blamed for persistent darkness in parts of the CBD and the rise of crime incidents targeting businesses and pedestri...
The controversy revolves around the Lessos–Tororo transmission line, awarded in 2014 to Inabensa to transmit power from the Marsabit wind farm.
The affected counties, Mandera, Samburu, Wajir, Turkana, Marsabit, and Lamu, will finally see a boost in rural electrification following the Public In...
The exchequer was to appear before the House committee on Tuesday, August, but failed, a reason the committee believes is a deliberate act of inaction...
The revelation came as MPs, alarmed by prolonged blackouts affecting thousands of households, criticised Kenya Power for poor planning and a sluggish...
Kenya Power says peak electricity demand broke records twice in July, hitting a new high of 2,362.28 megawatts on July 23 after surpassing the previou...
The newly installed 1.16 megawatt-hour (MWh) BESS will supply uninterrupted power to KenGen’s 52-kilowatt Modular Data Centre (MDC), a facility design...
Energy Principal Secretary Alex Wachira said the government will replace malfunctioning transformers and repair or remove hazardous electric poles and...
According to Wandayi, the new model will designate a single individual or legally registered entity within each estate or residential cluster to serve...
The power utility company is now urging customers to familiarise themselves with how tariff grouping works to better manage their electricity costs.
Kenya Power’s managing director Joseph Siror defended the contract, saying the supervision model used was not based on constant presence but on projec...
Sifuna petitioned for an investigation into why communities such as Mathare, Korogocho, Majengo Gorofani, and Kwa Reuben have remained without electri...
The House committee also wants clarity on why 30 mini-grids built using public funds in arid and semi-arid areas are still not operational more than t...
The project is being supported by EIB Global, the development arm of the European Investment Bank and Germany’s development agency GIZ.
KenGen’s geothermal plants—Olkaria II, IV, IAU, V, and Olkaria I Unit 6—received Sh115.7 billion, while major hydroelectric stations across the countr...
Wandayi made it clear that under current laws, the Kenya Power and Lighting Company is not required to compensate consumers for financial harm resulti...
Amir Abdille, who had brought nearly 200 goats for sale at the Bondeni market, says he is devastated and is now calling on the Kenya Power and Lightin...
The project, backed by the African Development Bank as part of the third phase of the Last Mile Connectivity initiative, will see electric cooking app...
