Road freight and cargo hauliers are set for a big challenge from their rail counterpart. This follows RVR‘s launch of the KES 18 billion upgrade project of the Kenya-Uganda railway line dubbed Lunatic Express on Tuesday August 7th 2012. The upgrade is expected to bring onboard…

The price of electricity may fall in the years to come if foreign institutions continue to invest in Kenya’s energy sector. The country is set to benefit from a KES2.6 billion investment from the US government. Officials from President Obama’s administration arrived in the country yesterday as part…

Blackouts may become a thing of the past if all goes according to plan. Kenya and Ethiopia are set to benefit from a $684 million loan that will be used to finance a cross-border power line. The World Bank’s Board of Directors gave their approval yesterday citing that the project…

When Kenya Power (KP) introduced pre-paid meters its consumers anticipated relief given the many problems associated with post-paid meters. The Post-Paid system had been blamed for not returning account deposits, consumers having no control over their consumption, unpleasant disconnection, high reconnection fees, corruption during…

Kenya Power announced that it will lower this month’s fuel levy charged from 742 cents/kwh to 697 cents/kwh, following the heavy rains that have been encountered lately. I embarked to calculate how low this months electricity bill would be following this reduction. The fuel levy charge accounts for…

Kenya Power is set to implement its new tariff by July after getting consent from the government to do so. Click here to read more on this. The new tariff system increases the fixed charge by 33.3%, from KES 120 to KES 160. It also increases energy charges as follows:…

Wondering why City Council of Nairobi (CCN) stopped collecting your garbage? Well, it’s because it does not have enough garbage trucks. To be precise; CCN only has 12 garbage trucks. Town Clerk Philip Kisia says the council had 250 trucks in the 1970s but…