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>Kenya May Get Power from South Africa
>
>( December 05, 2000 )
>
>
>Nairobi (The Nation, December 5, 2000) - Faced with erratic power supply
>as a result of a prolonged drought, Kenya is beginning to look outward for
>its electricity requirements.
>
> Last week, Energy Minister Francis Masakhalia told BusinessWeek
> that the Government was seriously considering importing power from the
> Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP) to meet domestic demand.
>
> He said that SAPP had 40 per cent excess power, which was cheaper
> than locally-generated electricity.
>
> The minister noted that the recent power rationing was due to the
> fact that 70 per cent of the national power supply was hydro-based, with
> generation concentrated at the Seven Forks Dams, which shared a single
> water-catchment area.
>
> Electricity comprises only 9 per cent of the overall energy sector
> requirements. At 70 per cent, fuel wood remains the main source of
> energy, with petroleum representing 21 per cent.
>
> Following the severe drought which hit the country most of the
> year, 55 per cent of power is generated by mobile stations.
> Hydro-electric power output stands at 45 per cent, with the Turkwel
> station generating 32 per cent.
>
> Mr. Masakhalia said that if negotiations were successful, Kenya
> would tap into the SAPP power grid through a line from Zambia. The
> minister observed that the additional electricity which it had been
> importing from Uganda had dwindled from 30MW to 10MW during the day.
>
> Outlining the country's future energy strategy, he said: "One of
> the protocols we have under the East African Community is on the energy
> sector, where we are collectively working on a power master plan . . . We
> have also resolved to get into partnership in developing resources in the
> region for power generation."
>
> Mr. Masakhalia said there was need to accelerate access to power,
> especially in the rural areas, to enhance agricultural production, since,
> currently, only 8 per cent of the population had access to electricity.
>
> So far, the Rural Electrification Programme - which was started in
> 1972 - had connected only 70,000 customers to the grid. Rural
> electrification projects are implemented on the recommendations of
> district development committees (DDCs) or on a cost-sharing basis.
>
> The DDC recommended projects are financed by the Government and
> cater for public utilities such as markets, hospitals and schools, with
> the beneficiaries paying a small token, ranging from Sh1,000 to Sh10,000.
>
> On the other hand, the cost-sharing projects are initiated by
> communities and individuals. However, they also receive Government
> assistance to the tune of Sh15,000 per KVA of the estimated demand.
>
> In addition to the local efforts, the minister said: "We are also
> implementing an EU-financed programme to connect 167 coffee factories to
> the grid."
>
> And in order to enhance its facilitative role of encouraging
> private sector participation in power generation, the Government has made
> it possible for independent power producers (IPPs) to build and operate
> their own plants and sell electricity to the Kenya Power and Lighting
> Company after signing a power purchase agreement.
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Lori Pottinger, Director, Southern Africa Program,
and Editor, World Rivers Review
International Rivers Network
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94703, USA
Tel. (510) 848 1155 Fax (510) 848 1008
http://www.irn.org
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