Stable electricity eludes western Kenya yet again

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Nation | by Edwin Okoth

Western Kenya residents will have to bear with intermittent power supply after the timeline for the construction of a major transmission line was shifted for the sixth time.

The completion date for the Olkaria-Lessos-Kisumu transmission line has now crossed to 2021, extending the locking out of homes and industries in the region from idle geothermal power due to the missing link.

The Sh18.2 billion project was dragged by lengthy wayleave rows around Kedong Ranch in Naivasha and Kisumu’s Mambo Leo before…

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