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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Omollo on December 21, 2014, 05:29:20 PM
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This is something else I am asking your to suspend all known laws of science / Logic and believe. It is not even witchcraft! In is beyond metaphysics! I lost the link to the projections of the country's electricity needs for the next two decades. Needless to say we shall never have enough unless we dot the country with solar, wind or nuclear power plants. We are way behind schedule. So how are we to feed Zambia with Electricity?
Couldn't have been a better idea to gain entry in to Zambia and generate electricity over there and hope that they have the courage to end any existing monopolies so KPL could sell it locally?
By MWANIKI WAHOME
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Kenya has signed an agreement to start selling electricity to Zambia in an arrangement that seeks to interconnect the grids of East and Central African countries.
An inter-governmental memorandum signed in Zambia on Friday will guide implementation of Zambia-Tanzania-Kenya project. The signing was witnessed by Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir and the Common Market for East and Southern African assistant secretary general Kipyego Cheluget among other officials. The MoU will see Zambia connect to Kenya’s national grid at Isinya in Kajiado County.
“The entire project, which will involve construction of 2,302 kilometres of 400KV double circuit and 373 kilometres 330KV single circuit line at an estimated $1.4 billion will be completed by 2018,” said a dispatch from Comesa.
Under the project, Kabwe in Zambia will be linked to Isinya at 400kv in two phases.
The first phase involves 1287 kilometers divided into 958km of 400KV double circut Isinya-Namanga-Arusha-Singida-Iringa segment to be completed by December 2016 and the Pensulo-Kasama 373km of 330KV single circuit segmentto be completed in June 2015.
The second phase that runs from Iringa-Mbeya-Zambia/Tanzania border Kasanya-Kabwe covering some1,441 kilometres of 400KV double circuit will be completed in December 2018.
Kenya has completed feasibility studies and detailed project design and has mobilised financial resources for construction of the Isinya-Namanga segment.
The interconnection of national grids is a project under the East African Power Pool and South African Power Pool that is meant to enhance transfer of power and trade in electricity, boosting power security, regional integration and economic development in these states. The project provides opportunities to reinforce national grids in the three countries while saving on cost of installation.
Early this month, Kenya signed another agreement to start selling power to Rwanda under the same initiative. Under the deal, Kenya Power will sell 30MW to Rwanda through Uganda Electricity Transmission Company, which will pass on the power to Rwanda Energy Group Limited.
The sale is expected to commence by July next year. Kenya is currently undertaking an ambitious plan to generate 5,000MW by 2016
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So how was this arrived at? Mind bong ling indeed.