KenGen Media Report 17th – 20th March, 2017

KenGen Print Coverage Saturday Nation Date: 18th -Mar-2017 Page: 18 We must seriously work to reduce cost of power Writer Gregory Kipkeu recently wrote on Kenya’s electricity woes. The truth is, the cost of electricity is just too high. Geothermal Development Company, Kenya Power, and KenGen just cannot save this country.

KenGen Print Coverage The Sunday Express Date: 19th -Mar-2017 Page: 7 Let's take advantage of increased energy production Kenyans should take advantage of the increased supply of electricity to venture into businesses that will change their lives. Currently, KenGen has pumped about 633mw of new energy capacity into the national grid; green sources that have relieved the burden on energy bills.

KenGen Print Coverage 18-Mar-17 Saturday Nation DATE PUBLICATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT PAGE AVE VALUE(KSH) PR VALUE(KSH) SUMMARY 18-Mar-17 Saturday Nation We must seriously work to reduce cost of power 18 14552 72,760 Writer Gregory Kipkeu recently wrote on Kenya's electricity woes. The truth is, the cost of electricity is just too high. Geothermal Development Company, Kenya Power, and KenGen just cannot save this country. 19-Mar-17 The Sunday Express Let's take advantage of increased energy production 7 80364 401,820 Kenyans should take advantage of the increased supply of electricity to venture into businesses that will change their lives.

KenGen Electronic Coverage 17-Mar-17 Kass TV DATE STATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT TIME AVE VALUE(KSH) PR VALUE(KSH) SUMMARY 17-Mar-17 Kass TV Coca-Cola grants Sh160M to Nairobi Water Fund 22:18 134200 671000 Upper Tana River basin has today received a boost of Sh160M from Coca Cola Foundation in an event attended by Coca-Cola Foundation president Dr Susan Mboya and officers from KenGen,Water resources Management Authority and Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company.

Print Industry Coverage DATE PUBLICATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT PAGE AVE VALUE(KSH) PR VALUE(KSH) SUMMARY 18-Mar-17 Saturday Nation All Turkana wind farm turbines ready 44 27878 139,390 Lake Turkana Wind Power has completed erecting all 365 turbines in what is billed as Africa’s largest wind farm The East African Atomic future can be a reality for Africa 17 63901 319,505 A shortage of electricity could mean Africa's emerging economies turn to nuclear for industrial growth. Sub-Sahara African countries have sustained strong economic growth in the past 15 years, however, in order to maintain the existing annual economic growth rate of approximately 5-6 per cent, they will need to ensure that power infrastructure is developed at a far greater rate. New electricity projects brightening Uganda 39 167144 835,720 The government of Uganda is investing in the energy sector. Households with no access to electricity has now reduced to 74% in 2015 compared with 90% in 2008 due to government's energy for rural transformation programme. 19-Mar-17 Sunday Standard Lying to the President : How Kenya Power managers cooked Last Mile connection figures 26B 796590 3,982,950 Pressure from the Jubilee administration to connect one million new customers to electricity every year may have pushed employees of Kenya Power to deliberately report 'fake' numbers to meet their targets.

Print Industry Coverage DATE PUBLICATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT PAGE AVE VALUE(KSH) PR VALUE(KSH) SUMMARY 20-Mar-17 Business Daily Activist wants REA boss to quit over age 8 23826 119,130 An activist has moved to court seeking orders to have the Rural Electrification Authority chief executive Ng'ang'a Munyu sent home on the basis that he has hit the retirement age of 60 years. Burning wood for energy now ignites fierce academic row 13 81965 409,825 Scientists on both sides of the Atlantic have become embroiled in a war of words over energy from trees. Troubled GDC holds annual general meeting 2 38624 193,120 State-owned Geothermal Development Company will on Tuesday hold its annual general meeting to approve the financial results for the year ended June 2016. Weekly Citizen Kenya Power staff fuel illegal connections 14 19936 99,680 A Kenya Power worker has been released on a cash bail of Sh250,000 and a bond of Sh1 million by a Kajiado court after pleading not guilty to the offense of constructing an illegal line and uprating a transformer.

Print Industry Coverage DATE PUBLICATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT PAGE AVE VALUE(KSH) PR VALUE(KSH) SUMMARY 20-Mar-17 Business Daily Lamu coal case comes up for hearing at tribunal 2 39340 196,700 Hearing of a case seeking to stop the 1000-megawatt Lamu coal fired power project begins on Wednesday.

Electronic Industry Coverage DATE STATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT TIME AVE VALUE(KSH) PR VALUE(KSH) SUMMARY 17-Mar-17 Milele FM Bungoma residents blame Kenya Power for blackouts 07:09 78330 391650 Bungoma residents have blamed Kenya Power management for daily blackouts in the town, the residents claim that they have raised concerns but no action has been taken over the issue. West FM Butere traders lament over power outage 16:02 33830 169150 Traders in Butere market are lamenting over power outage for three days after Kenya Power changed their transformer. 18-Mar-17 Mbaitu FM Machakos county faces power black out 16:08 8400 42000 Machakos county residents have faced power black out for over 8 hours. CNBC Tanzania's electricty company sued for breach of contract 17:00 25200 126000 American Company Symbion Power has moved to sue Tanzania's Electricity supply company at the International court of arbitration for breach of contact.

Electronic Industry Coverage DATE STATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT TIME AVE VALUE(KSH) PR VALUE(KSH) SUMMARY 17-Mar-17 Kass TV Uasin Gishu county seeks to curb power, water shortage 22:28 202400 1012000 Shortage of water and power in Uasin Gishu county is set to come to an end following construction of dams by Kerio Valley Development Authority through the Ministry of Devolution and planning. 18-Mar-17 KTN News Eco Africa: Ethiopian power project 20:50 1232240 6161200 Ethiopian government is working on a power project which will help boost electricity supply despite opposition from countries like Egypt following its negative effects. 19-Mar-17 KTN The Property Show: Electricity safety measures 18:02 1291170 6455850 Kenya Power Safety, Health and Environment manager John Guda, talks about the dos and don't of handling electricity.

Electronic Industry Coverage DATE STATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT TIME AVE VALUE(KSH) PR VALUE(KSH) SUMMARY 19-Mar-17 Athiani FM Three injured in Machakos road accident 13:06 56500 282500 Three people have being injured in a road accident along the Machakos-Nairobi road near Kenya Power offices. County FM 16:06 20590 102950 Musyi FM 16:03 59160 295800 Citizen TV Kenya Power denies fake power connectivity claims 21:22 2855370 14276850 Kenya Power has refuted claims that it may have faked nearly one million connections to homes in a bid to fulfill a government pledge to connect at least one million households every year.

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