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KenGen cuts dividend as it invests Sh1.9bn in equipment

Nairobi, Sept. 7 -- Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has cut its dividend payout by 16.7 percent with the firm instead investing more cash in its plant and equipment to bolster electricit... Read More


Kenya cuts thermal power usage to avert steep electricity prices

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- Kenya has reduced expensive thermal power on the national grid to avoid burdening consumers with steep electricity prices even as fears deepen over Kenya Power's ability to meet a ... Read More


State eyes emergency land for Mau Summit toll road

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- Design changes on the Rironi-Nakuru-Mau Summit toll road have triggered emergency land purchases by the State, signalling new variations in the cost of the Sh183.7 billion project.... Read More


Five million households to get electricity under new World Bank project

Nairobi, Sept. 2 -- An estimated five million households will be connected to electricity under a Sh114 billion ($880 million) World Bank-backed project that mainly seeks to light up rural Kenya. The... Read More


Emergency jet fuel import averts JKIA, Moi shortage

Nairobi, Aug. 31 -- Kenya imported a consignment of jet fuel outside the Government-to-Government (G-2-G) supply contract between Kenya and three Gulf oil majors, to avert a shortage of the commodity ... Read More


Nock's revival plan fails as Rubis Kenya walks away

Nairobi, Aug. 31 -- National Oil Corporation of Kenya's (Nock) proposed deal with French oil major Rubis fell through, dimming hopes of reviving the struggling State-owned oil company. Sources say th... Read More


Kenya electricity imports rise further to avert rationing

Nairobi, Aug. 30 -- Kenya's reliance on electricity imports increased in the six months to June 2026 as the country raced to avert potential rationing, with the share of supplies from Ethiopia and Uga... Read More


Equity enters the autogas vehicle market

Nairobi, Aug. 24 -- Equity Bank has entered the fast-growing market for vehicles powered by liquefied petroleum gas, also known as autogas, with loans of up to Sh200,000 for motorists seeking to conve... Read More


Equity, Proto Energy sign deal for loan on vehicle clean fuel

Nairobi, Aug. 24 -- Equity Bank has entered the fast-growing market for vehicles powered by liquefied petroleum gas, also known as autogas, with loans of up to Sh200,000 for motorists seeking to conve... Read More


Kenya failed to block bad petrol in high-seas drama

Nairobi, Aug. 24 -- Before the arrest of senior State officials in the energy sector over contested fuel cargo, Kenyan authorities tried unsuccessfully to block a ship carrying 60, 000 tonnes of petro... Read More