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The 2.5billion shillings system will replacethe existing one that is obsolete. Accord-ing to KPLC Managing Director Joseph Njoroge, the new system control is suitablefor the fast growing electricity infrastructurenetwork.
The European Investment Bank is nanc
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ing the bre optic link to Nairobi as part
of its contribution to essential energy andcommunications infrastructure in Africa.KPLC has been in the process of upgradingand expanding its network after a feasibilitystudy carried out in 2003/2004 determinedthat the current system that is critical to themanagement of power was obsolete.The study also found the system facing thechallenges of technological advancementand unable to keep up with the requirementsof the fast growing electricity network.SCADA EMS or the system control and dataacquisition and energy management systemis however expected to ensure high avail-
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 Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi unveils a plaque during the ofcial commissioning of the 35 megawatts Olkaria II unit three power station in Naivasha
July/August
2010
ability of the interconnection between na-tional and regional KPLC centers at all timesincluding during total power outages.
The system which uses bre technology will
also be pivotal in reinforcing the country’s
bre penetration.
According to European investment bank vice president Plutarchos Sarkellaris 880million shillings will further be released to
expand the KPLC bre network on the west
of the country. The 800KM Nairobi - Tororonetwork is already complete and undergoingcommissioning test.
There are 24 pairs of optic bres in KPLC’s
cable, out of which the company will usesix pairs for its operations, while the restwill be leased out to telecommunicationscompanies.Already, Safaricom Ltd., Jamii Telecommu-nications Ltd., Wananchi Group and Kenya
Data Networks, have leased optic bres on
the Mombasa/Nairobi route.
Kenya Power and Lighting Company commissioned
a 450 kilometer ber optic cable system
 
 Kenya Engineer - July/August 2010 1
Beside, KenGen man-aging director, EddyNjoroge (left) takesEnergy minister,Kiraitu Murungi andother guests throughthe new 35 mega-watts Ol Karia unitthree power station inNaivasha
 
NEWS
Kenya Power & Lighting Company Limited(KPLC) has appointed a consortium of consultants to spearhead the planned re- branding and organizational culture change programme. The consortium is made upof, Ogilvy East Africa, McKinney Rogersand SBO Research. The consortium’smandate is to develop and roll out a strategyand implementation programme for theorganizational culture change and corporatere-branding (Project Mwangaza).
New KPLC look coming soon
KPLC Managing Director and CEO, EngJoseph Njoroge said the appointment of the consortium marks a major milestonein the history of KPLC and signals the beginning of a new chapter that willsee KPLC aggressively re-evaluate itsexisting corporate identity , prevailingcorporate culture and vision, among keystakeholders.Leading the consortium is Ogilvy East Africa,an integrated marketing communicationsconsultancy, with advertising, publicrelations and media planning and buyingcapabilities. The other members of theconsortium are McKinney Rogers, a global business consultancy with a proven track record for transforming performance, andSBO Research a marketing and socialresearch consultancy that also offers trainingsolutions through its sister company SBOTraining Limited.
 Source STIMA News
2 Kenya Engineer - July/August 2010
Expansion of Nairobi- Thika Road from 4 to 8-Lane
Super Highway takes shape
The $ 330million project is well on courseto be ready for use in 12 months. The project involves widening of University
Way to eight lanes from six, four lane y
over across Globe Roundabout, wideningof Murang’a Road to six lanes, underpass
at Pangani, yover on Muthaiga roundabout
and provision of footpaths.On the Forest Road – Museum Road
 – Museum Hill roundabout section,
construction works involves widening of Forest Road to six lanes from four lanes,
widening of Museum Hill road to six lanes, provision of forked y-over on Limuru
Road and provision of footpaths.The Muthaiga roundabout-KU section has been designed as a high-speed highway withlimited access and exits. The improvementson this section include widening of carriageway to eight lanes- (Muthaiga – Kasarani) and 6 lanes (Kasarani – KU).Provision of service roads intermittently,construction of underpasses at Kahawaand KU, provision of interchange at GSUroundabout, flyovers at Kasarani andGithurai roundabouts, underpass at former  Nakumatt Thika Road site, subway at Surveyof Kenya and provision of footpaths.KU-Thika section includes wideningthe carriageway to six lanes up to Jujaand maintaining the existing provisionof service roads, construction of six laneflyover at Eastern Bypass, intermittentservice roads, underpass at Ruiru sports
club and at Mang’u High School as well as
 provision of footpaths.The widest section of the Nairobi-Thikahighway, between Muthaiga roundaboutand Roysambu, just beyond the MoiInternational Sports Centre, Kasarani,consists of four express lanes on either sideas well as two-lane service roads on eachside. Construction on the 50km highway has been going on day and night and the threeChinese contractors are within schedule,according to a senior engineer at the Roadsministry.The highway, which was mainly necessitated by perennial traffic snarl-ups, has six projects within it that are being worked onsimultaneously. Multiple interviews withengineers at the Ministry of Roads and thecontractor, but who are not allowed to give
ofcial statements on behalf of the project,
also revealed the highway could drive“ordinary matatus” out of the road.“It is a road that will not accommodate the
chaos and trafc indiscipline exhibited by
matatu operators,” said the governmentengineer. Already, Kenya Engineer learntthat a plan is being worked out on howmatatus on the highway routes could be phased out and allowed to form a publictransport company that will use buses. Such buses will be at various stages (bus bays) at
an interval of ve to 10 minutes.
“The owners, who will be shareholders,will be paid as per the kilometre travelledand not number of trips,” says the highly
 placed engineer. However, he added, this
could take several months after the highwayis opened.
 A perspective o f Nairobi Thika road at the Ruaraka round about 
 
Detailed designs for the construction of a second container terminal at the Mombasa port will be ready August, KenyaPorts Authority (KPA) has said. “These designs will paveway for actual construction works for the new terminal,west of Kipevu at a total cost of Sh16 billion,” the portoperator said in a statement.The government plans to construct a second 1.2 millionTUE capacity terminal to help match a steady increase of 
container trafc at the facility that serves Kenya and other 
countries in the hinterland such as Uganda and South Sudanas well as those in the Great Lakes Region.
The second terminal, whose rst phase should be operationalin 2013, will be nanced by a Japan International Co-
operation Agency (JICA) loan. “Kenya Ports Authority
has witnessed increased growth in container trafc over the
years hence the need to establish a second facility to meetthe demand,” the port handler said while projecting further growth at the port this year as business activity across mostworld markets picked up on improved economic climate.Despite poor global market conditions, overall throughputat the port of Mombasa grew by 16.1 per cent in 2009 to post the best ever performance of 19.06 million tonnes.Container volumes throughput on the other hand reached618,816 tonnes in 2009, nearly a 40 per cent increase in
 just ve years while total freight handled by the port rose
 by over 10 per cent from 16.41 million tonnes in 2008 to19.06 million tonnes in 2009.Over a quarter of the total throughput, or 4.98 milliontonnes, was transit cargo. Ugandan goods accounted for  just under 80 per cent. According to KPA the new facilitywill be operated by a private concessionaire a position that
could help stir efciency and competition.
Kenya Pipeline Company has awarded thecontracts for construction of a 14 inch, 325Km parallel Multi-Product Oil Pipelinefrom Nairobi to Eldoret to China PetroleumPipeline Engineering Corporation (CPPE)at a cost of US $ 179,353,678. A consortiumof Shengli Engineering and ConsultingCompany Limited and Runji and PartnersConsulting Engineers are the ProjectConsultants while M/S Floweserve of  Netherlands will supply the mainline pumpsat a cost of Euros 4,118,480. The maincontract was signed on 30th October 2009with a contract commencement date of 16th November 2009.Speaking during the monthly prayer meetings at the KPC Recreational Gardens,the Managing Director Mr. Selest Kilindasaid work for the construction was in progress.Mr. Kilinda said he was happy the project
was nally coming to fruition, adding that:
“It has taken a while for this project to seethe light of the day, but with the progressionmade so far, I have no doubt in my mind thatthe project will see the light of day”.
KPC Awards Tenders for Construction of a Parallel Pipeline
 A contractor onsite during the laying down of Nairobi-Eldoret Pipeline
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New port terminal onschedule
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