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Kenya investigate cause of
nationwide electricity outage
KENYA KENYA Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) investigations show basement of the angle tow-
senior officials are being questioned to establish ers of high-voltage transmission line had been
whether there was failure to secure a high-volt- vandalized and the cross beams were either
age electricity transmission line that led to a unbolted or removed,” he said by telephone.
nationwide outage. Kenya’s Energy Cabinet Secretary Mon-
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations ica Juma said on 13 January that recent power
(DCI) is investigating KPLC five officials over outages underscore the urgency to implement
the power outage, caused by the collapse of the reforms for stable reliable electricity supply.
Kiambere-Embakasi transmission line on 11 “Power outages underscore the imperative
January. and urgency of implementing the proposed
DCI Director George Kinoti said the investi- reforms in our power sector to ensure stable and
gation team had talked to KPLC’s officials man- reliable power supply,” she tweeted.
dated to secure transmission lines as key security “I call upon all Kenyans, institutions, employ-
installations to establish if there were lapses in ees in the energy sector and our partners to rally
discharge of duties. behind and support these reforms.”
“The findings will be made public. Initial
Ghana aiming to become
West Africa gas hub
GHANA is progressing with plans to sell lique- from Tema and sell it to buyers.
GHANA fied natural gas (LNG) throughout West Africa. GNPC is working with partners to build
Shipments of the fuel have this year started to infrastructure to sell LNG to the domestic mar-
flow to an import terminal. ket and the sub-region.
he state-owned Tema LNG Terminal is Ghana, backed by Helios Investment Part-
expected to start commercial activities at some ners and African Infrastructure Investment
point between April to June, Bloomberg has Managers, has a 17-year contract to supply
reported, citing Hamis Ussif, manager for gas 225mn standard cubic feet a day of gas from
at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation Tema terminal. LNG is also supplied by Royal
(GNPC). Ussif added that GNPC will buy LNG Dutch Shell.
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