Philips Builds Community Light Centers in Kenya
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Philips recently announced that it will build 19 "Community Light Centers" throughout Kenya by 2015. These Community Light Centers are areas of about 1000 square meters as large as a small football pitch, being lit up by using solar powered LED lighting.
Hotelier Calls for Street Lights
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 January 2014 16:49
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A Mombasa hotelier has called on the county government to light up all the roads in the county. Sarova Whitesands Hotel Food and Beverage manager Mike Mutua said the poor lighting aids crime in Mombasa.
Speaking on Saturday during the annual media dinner organised by the hotel, Mutua said tourism can only flourish if everyone is feels safe to walk around at any time.
More than half of new cars assembled in Kenya on lower taxes
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 January 2014 15:04
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More than half of the new vehicles sold in Kenya are now assembled locally, driven by dealers’ bid to lower their tax bill and offer competitive pricing.
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows that 5,456 vehicles were assembled in Kenya in the ten months to October 2012, representing 52.3 per cent of the 10,422 new vehicles sold in the same period.
This is up from 5,106 units assembled in the same period the previous year, which accounted for 48.2 per cent of the total 10,578 new vehicle sales.
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how solar lamps are transforming life in one Kenyan county
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 January 2014 16:43
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Chepnyaliliet school, with its rough concrete walls and tin roof at the end of a dusty lane lined with cacti and wild roses, seems an unlikely place find early adopters of technology. But that is exactly what Rhoda Sigei is. The determined nursery teacher was the first person in Bomet county, a verdant patch of Kenya's Great Rift valley, to buy into the potential of using solar lamps.
Read more: how solar lamps are transforming life in one Kenyan county