Kenya Power acquires 140,000 transformers
Kenya Power now says it will resolve the challenge of transformer backlog in the country within two months.
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Kenya, Nairobi: Kenya Power now says it will resolve the challenge of transformer backlog in the country within two months.
Kenya Power Managing Director Engineer Joseph Siror says they have cleared almost half of the 320,000 transformer backlog and the rest will be cleared within two months. He said the backlog which stands at 320,000 is being addressed with 140,000 new transformers acquired and customers who have been waiting for the last two years connected.
Kenya Power has also revealed that it is owed over Ksh 26 billion ($171.5 million), which if recovered will enable the company to sort out some of its challenges. Siror, who blamed the backlog on court cases, says they have won the six cases that had been filed hindering procurement of transformers. The company which posted a Ksh 3.2 billion ($21.1 million) net loss for the full year ended 30th June 2023 has also attributed its poor performance to debt owed.
“Kenya Power has been used sometimes as a social company to do projects that are not paid for so today Kenya Power is owed Ksh 26 billion the kind of money if they had at their disposal they could buy all the transformers, all the conductors and sort the challenge of power loses,” Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir noted. Chirchir says they have put plans in place to reduce cases of power loss that have been experienced in the country.
The company defended their move to relocate transformers from one area to another, saying the transfer only happens when inspectors discover the transformers are put in areas where they had not been allocated.
Source: Citizen Digital