Kenya Power is targeting end of March next year to complete an ongoing Sh10 billion Nairobi street lights rehabilitation project. The joint City Hall and national government project is aimed at making the much-touted 24-hour economy a reality in the city. Kenya Power will install 54,029 new streetlights and repair 9,600 more that have been dysfunctional for years. “There are 420 personnel on the ground doing this project; they are on course to complete the project by the first quarter of next year,” said Ben Chumo, the Kenya Power managing director, in an interview. The power firm has already spent Sh381.2 million from Treasury to complete works along 231 streets in Nairobi and install power supply to 183 masts that previously were not connected to electricity. The Treasury has in its supplementary budget asked Parliament to approve a request for Sh1 billion for allocation to the street lighting project. “Once we are done, streets in Nairobi will be quite different aesthetically,” he said. The unprecedented street lighting programme covers informal sector zones of Kamukunji, Industrial Area and Gikomba as well as key industrial areas of Baba Dogo and Kariobangi Light Industries.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:17:34 +0000
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