By EDWIN OKOTH More by this AuthorHomes and industries in Western Kenya will have to wait longer for stable supply of electricity after the completion date for the Olkaria-Lessos-Kisumu transmission line was pushed ahead again. After months of a wayleave row with Kedong Ranch management and owners of another parcel in Kisumu’s Mambo Leo, the Energy ministry now says the project will wait until September. “The contractor is now on the five-kilometre gap in Kedong and the project will be complete in September. DEADLINE MOVEDThis is the fifth time the line, whose delay has starved Western Kenya of stable power supply from cheaper geothermal power from Olkaria, has moved its completion deadline. The law, which allows the National Land Commission to possess land for government projects and compensate the legal owners within one year using the land value index, was expected to eliminate such hurdles.

Source: Daily Nation July 08, 2020 03:00 UTC