Time the region called Egypt's bluff and built dams to lower energy cost Daily Nation Ethiopia appears to have realised that it could well be a top athletic nation but, like Kenya, no investor would set up a major manufacturing plant with the kind of power costs prevailing at the moment. And those who dare can only enter an ... See all stories on this topic »

Kenya Petroleum Refinery Limited to lose out on financial deal The Standard Digital News The controversy has also seen KenolKobil banned from participating in the Open Tender System (OTS), a fuel importation facility supervised by the Ministry of Energy where oil firms bid to import a portion of the country's fuel supply on behalf of other ... See all stories on this topic »

Now Available: Kenya Power Report Q3 2013 ClickPress (press release) [ClickPress, Mon Jun 10 2013] Similarly to its neighbours, Kenya's power sector is characterised by a capacity deficit, whereby at peak demand there is insufficient supply to meet expanding consumer demand. In addition, over reliance ... As such, the ... See all stories on this topic »

Manufacturers hurt by erratic, costly energy The Standard Digital News (press release) (blog) Kenya Private Sector Alliance chairman Vimal Shah concurs that the country has lost its competitiveness over the years owing to lack adequate and affordable energy and general weakness of business structures. This, he said has seen some companies ... See all stories on this topic »

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