Kenya Power announces expected drop in profits

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Power has announced an expected drop in its net earnings for the financial year ended June 30, 2019. In a public notice issued on Thursday, K...

Kenya Power says estimation of electricity bills to reduce with new meter reading plan

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Power is seeking to improve its meter reading coverage to 90 percent to minimize complaints related to the estimation of bills. The move sits...

KENYA POWER , power bills

Opinion: Kenya Power in renewed focus on operational and technical efficiency

By Citizen,

By Eng. Jared Othieno The last few months have thrust Kenya Power into the public limelight on several occasions with a series of misinformed accou...

Jared Othieno , KENYA POWER

Corruption, payment delays stifle Kenyan manufacturers – survey

By Reuters,

Kenyan manufacturers are largely operating below capacity and say economic growth prospects are dim due to a cash crunch, drought and corruption, a su...

corruption , Kenyan manufacturers

Kenya Power announces power outages across the country from tomorrow

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Kenya Power Company has announced interruption in electricity supply across the country beginning tomorrow. In a statement to newsrooms, the co...

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Kenya Power half year net profit dips again

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Power has recorded Ksh.2.5billion in net profit for the half year period to December 31, 2018. This is a 16percent drop as compared to Ksh.2....

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Kenya Power gets tough on late bill payers after profit plunges

By Reuters,

Kenya Power Co said on Friday it will be much tougher on chasing unpaid bills after its provisions for bad debts surged in the financial year through ...

Kenya Power woes deepen as full year pretax profit dives 60pc

By Reuters,

Kenya Power has revealed that its full-year pretax profit plunged to Ksh.3billion. This is a 60percent drop from Ksh.7.66billion the previous year....

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The Chinese phone giant that beat Apple to Africa

By CNN,

One of China's biggest smartphone makers has never sold a handset in the country. Yet thousands of miles away, it dominates markets across Africa. Unk...

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Mumias Sugar loss widens 42pc to Sh6.7bn

By Citizen,

Mumias Sugar Company has reported a 42 percent widening of its full year result despite ongoing efforts to restore the sugar miller. In the period ...

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Kenya Power up 1pc on high transmission costs

By Citizen,

Electricity distributor Kenya Power has reported a one percent rise in its full year to June net profit despite growing its revenues. In its latest...

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Centum defends coal-fired plant as full year profit dips

By Reuters,

Kenya's Centum Investment Co PLC reported an 18 percent drop in full-year pretax profit on Tuesday and said it would press ahead with a 1,000 MW coal-...

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Nigeria’s growth drops, but oil looking up

By AFP,

Nigeria's battered economy suffered a year-long contraction in 2016, official data showed Tuesday, but the oil sector showed signs of recovery, raisin...

attacks on oil pipelines , economic growth , end of a recession , Inflation , Nigeria , non oil sectors continue to suffer , Oil

Nigerian power problems frustrate Buhari’s economy push

By Reuters,

Nigeria's biggest power station shows the huge problems that President Muhammadu Buhari must overcome if he is to fulfil his promise to tackle chronic...

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Kenya car industry urges more incentives to attract investment

By Reuters,

Kenya's removal of excise duty on locally assembled cars will boost the industry, but the government must make power supplies cheaper and address othe...

car assembly , Ethiopia , incentives , kenya , Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers Association , Rita Kavashe , vehicles

Kenya Power to address industrial customers’ queries on WhatsApp

By Abalon Babisho,

Utility firm Kenya Power has developed an alternative dedicated communication channel for large power consumers in an effort of resolving their grieva...

60 percent of revenue , Ben Chumo , billing , Communication , KAM , KENYA POWER , large power consumers , manufacturers , smart meters , whatsapp

Kenya Power to begin providing Internet in December

By John Wanyama,

Kenya Power will roll out its fiber to home connections in December after a series of delays, Managing Director Ben Chumo has said. The utility fir...

fiber optic cable , internet provicer , KENYA POWER , last mile\ , Safaricom

IOC warned Rio on construction contracts 5 years ago

By Reuters,

The International Olympic Committee warned organizers of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro five years ago that construction contracts they drew up could ...

Brazil , IOC , olympics , Rio 2016 , Rio De Janeiro

Kenya Power buys poles locally to grow economy

By Maureen Murimi,

Kenya Power has purchased 377,000 poles locally in the last two years to drive its electrification programme, this is according to a communiqué from ...

Electricity , electrification programme , kenya , KENYA POWER

Safaricom to launch local rival to Uber

By Reuters,

Kenya's biggest telecoms company Safaricom is joining up with a local software firm to launch a ride-hailing company to take on Uber as it seeks new s...