1. KenGen Media Report
17th – 20th March, 2017

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. KenGen Print Coverage 18-Mar-17 Saturday Nation
DATE
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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.

5. KenGen Electronic Coverage 17-Mar-17 Kass TV
DATE
STATION
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TIME
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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.

6. Print Industry Coverage DATE PUBLICATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT PAGE
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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.

7. Print Industry Coverage DATE PUBLICATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT PAGE
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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.

8. Print Industry Coverage DATE PUBLICATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT PAGE
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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.

9. Electronic Industry Coverage DATE STATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT TIME
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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.

10. Electronic Industry Coverage DATE STATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT TIME
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17-Mar-17
Kass TV
Uasin Gishu county seeks to curb power, water shortage
22:28
202400
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
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
Kenya Power Safety, Health and Environment manager John Guda, talks about the dos and don't of handling electricity.

11. Electronic Industry Coverage DATE STATION HEADLINE/SUBJECT TIME
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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
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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