Kenya Invites Bids for Coal Exploration Blocks
Kenya has invited investors to bid for the exploration and development of two coal blocks in the country's eastern region, the energy ministry said, as it pushes to diversify energy sources to meet growing demand for power.
Kenya Power Contracts Indian Firms for Grid Projects
Kenya Power has awarded contracts worth Sh1.13 billion to two Indian companies to increase connection of electricity in various parts of the country as it targets to register 300, 000 new customers this year alone.
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Kenya’s Pan Paper Mill now reopens in September
Kenya’s paper maker Pan Paper Mill factory will now reopen in mid September, General Manager Y. V Choudray has confirmed. The paper factory located in the western part of Kenya has been facing challenges in acquiring new machinery and upgrading thus pushing back the re-opening date.
Read more: Kenya’s Pan Paper Mill now reopens in September
Recycling in Kenya now a booming business
The collection of plastic wastes is becoming a lucrative business for some people in Kenya. Though not all of these collectors know exactly what these plastics they gather and sell out are used for, they consider it a livelihood.
Currently, plastic is being given a new lease of life in Kenya as they are recycled into poles for construction and road signs, a new technique, slowly changing Kenya's landscape.
The plastics are melted and used to make poles for construction and road signs. The concept is still new in Kenya - and expensive given the manufacturing costs - but the poles are slowly changing the landscape.
