Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Plans to import electricity in high gear

By Eric Orina

Plans to import electricity from Ethiopia are on course, the head of the public service, Mr Francis Muthaura, has said.

The connection to the Ethiopian grid, to be effected in two years’ time, is expected to add 400 megawatts (mw) of electricity to the national pool, he said.

He told members of the Rotary Club of Muthaiga in Nairobi on Monday evening that in spite of the 1,200km to be covered in connecting to the Ethiopian grid, the cost per unit would be lower than that for electricity generated locally.

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New bus operator on city routes


By Kimathi Njoka

A new bus operator in Nairobi promises to revolutionise passenger transport in Nairobi.

The operator, Kenya Bus Service Management (KBSM), has commenced operations in what is expected to stiffen competition as three major players now battle it out for a share of the lucrative city passenger transport.

On Tuesday, The Standard could not establish the identity of the owners behind KBSM and whether its current fleet was bought from the defunct Kenya Bus Service (KBS).

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