Kenya Power targets 55,000 SME customers with smart meters

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Power has rolled out a smart metering project that will benefit 55,000 customers in the Small and Medium Enterprise sector across the country. ...

KENYA POWER

Kenya Breweries Limited turns to self-electricity generation to cushion against blackouts

By Kepha Muiruri,

East African Breweries Limited (EABL) subsidiary Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has sought regulatory approval for self-electricity generation. A se...

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL

Chebukati dismisses claims that IEBC is sabotaging BBI process

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebuka has dismissed claims that the electoral body is out to sabotage the Bui...

BBI signatures , Junet Mohamed , Wafula Chebukati

Kenya Power unveils Ksh.800M plan to address outages

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Power has launched a Ksh. 800million electricity network management programme aimed at maintaining the electricity network countrywide for impro...

Electricity bill , KENYA POWER , Power Outage

OPINION: Private energy generators hold the key to cheaper electricity in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga The raging debate on why more Kenyans are embracing alternative energy sources to escape the Kenya Power Limited high tariffs is ...

energy

Kenya Power cites technical hitch after parts of the country plunged into darkness

By Citizen Reporter,

Parts of the country were plunged into darkness on Wednesday night as Kenya Power cited a technical hitch. The company said two major lines supplyi...

blackout , KENYA POWER

OPINION: Kenya Power must make its services in Siaya reliable

By Joseph Bonyo,

By Joseph Bonyo Three weeks ago, I was in the village. We experienced power outages for more than 12 hours. I was miffed. I called all the known nu...

KENYA POWER , Ramogi FM , SIAYA COUNTY , whatsapp

Power supply restored in ‘most areas’ of Kenya

By Ian Omondi,

Kenya Power says it has managed to restore power supply in most parts of the country following outage witnessed for the better part of Saturday. KP...

blackout , KENYA POWER

Kenya Power announces outage across the country

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A power outage hit most parts over the country from around 6am on Saturday. Confirming the power outage, Kenya Power, in a statement, said: "We hav...

Could coronavirus shut Wall Street? Banks begin moving staff out

By CNN,

US stock markets were halted briefly Monday as a record fall in oil prices and fears of the coronavirus triggered panic selling. But the epidemic p...

coronavirus

Visa, passport appointments at U.S. embassy Nairobi finally resume

By Rene Oswere,

The United States embassy in Nairobi has resumed visa and passport operations that were disrupted for three days. The embassy said applicants who h...

American embassy , VISA

Visa, passport appointments for U.S. embassy in Nairobi still cancelled

By Citizen Reporter,

The American embassy in Nairobi has announced that all consular appointments for Wednesday have been cancelled. This is the third time this week th...

American embassy , U.S. Embassy , VISA

From Akothee to Hussein Mohamed: Top 10 most read stories of 2019

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The top ten most read stories of 2019 on Citizen Digital are: 1.Kenya Power announces power outages across the country from tomorrow February 23...

Kenya Power in Ksh.2B plan to reduce power outages

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Kenya Power has announced plans to reduced scheduled power outages. Kenya Power MD Jared Othieno said customers have for a long time been demanding...

KENYA POWER

Three-week power outage paralyses operations at Rapogi Girls School

By George Juma,

Normal operations at Rapogi Girls Secondary in Migori County have been disrupted by an ongoing power outage that has hit the school for the past three...

Rapogi Girls Secondary

Strange weather pattern in Kenya linked to Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)

By Paul Ombati,

Unusually strong winds hit Kenya and Tanzania in October resulting in deaths, power outages, dust storms, damaged houses and uprooted trees. Expert...

IOD , Kenya Meteorological Department , strong winds , weather

How to stay safe when strong winds hit

By Imani Mitchelle,

Strong winds in a powerful storm can knock down trees, cut power, damaged buildings and even overturn vehicles. Experts aver that strong winds emer...

Strong winds in Kirinyaga: Woman electrocuted after she touched TV aerial

By Johnson Muriithi,

A woman was electrocuted following strong winds that reportedly caused a power outage in Kirinyaga on Tuesday. The deceased, 32-year-old Winnie Wam...

electrocuted , strong winds , windstorm

Met department warns Kenyans as strong winds cause power outages

By Johnson Muriithi,

The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned members of the public to brace themselves for strong winds expected to last for several hours of Tuesda...

meteorological department

US joins effort to salvage agreement in Sudan

By Reuters,

The top U.S. diplomat for Africa on Wednesday joined an international effort to press Sudan’s military rulers and the opposition toward a deal on a ...

Sudan peace talks