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Kenya negotiates
with Ethiopia for power supply |
Addis Ababa, August 02, 2007
(WIC) – Kenya is in negotiations with Ethiopia for a power supply agreement
to forestall a looming power crisis, East African Standard reported from
Nairobi, Kenya.
The Paper quoted Kenyan Planning and National Development Minister, Henry
Obwocha, as saying that Kenya “is hoping to interconnect its power grid to
Zambia and Tanzania as part of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development
(Nepad) funded initiative.
“Ethiopia has a total power demand of about 400 MW against a production
capacity of over 1, 875 MW and in principle they have agreed to supply us
with power as we continue to develop our generation capacity,” said Obwocha.
The Kenyan Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) spokesperson, Migwi Theuri,
said the company expects to connect Ethiopia through a 400Kv power line.
He said a joint memo of understanding, which also involves power generator
has already been signed between Kenya and Ethiopia.
According to the memo, Ethiopia is expected to build the transmission line
to the border with kenya from where KPLC shall tap the power from to the
national grid.
Theuri said the African Development Bank has provided 68 million Kenyan
Shilling (one million USD) for the project's feasibility study.
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