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KENYA POWER announces tender for the Sh78.96 billion ($840 million) Last Mile Electricity Connectivity Project

Publish Date : 02-May-2015

Kenya Power has announced tender for the Sh78.96 billion ($840 million) Last Mile Electricity Connectivity Project to expand power supply all over the country.

The project is funded in phases by the African Development Bank. The company has plans to erect 12,000 kilometres of low voltage power distribution lines targeting to provide power connection to 284,200 households and 30,000 commercial users. During last November, AfDB disbursed the first $133 million (about Sh12.51 billion).

On Friday, Kenya Power floated tenders in 11 lots for the supply and extension of low voltage single-phase lines and service cables in the 47 counties. Classification of the lots have been done as per regions and have different bid bonds ranging from Sh2.07 million ($22,000) to Sh18.24 million ($172,000) depending on the region.

The contractor receiving the contract will have to take up major works including extension of low voltage system for connections of single phase and three phase customers including installation of energy meters. June 5 has been set as the deadline for applying for the tenders, and the tenders will be opened the same date.

Earlier, Ministry of Energy had stated that successful implementation of the project will lead to a significant reduction in connection fees currently pegged at a minimum of Sh35,040 for single phase to a maximum Sh20,000.

The power distribution network's expansion is said to be in accordance with government's behind schedule generation of 5,000 megawatts-plus project that was to run between September 2013 and December 2017 at an estimated cost of $17.5 billion (about Sh1.65 trillion).

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