KenGen worker found dead in geothermal well

Operations at the Olkaria Geothermal Power station in Naivasha were temporarily paralysed after a worker from KenGen died in one of the wells in unclear circumstances.

Engineers from Kengen work on one of the geothermal wells in Olkaria Naivasha. Kengen will pump an extra 86mw into the national grid in the next two months. [ Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The body of the worker was found in a geothermal well forcing the management to cut off steam supply from the affected areas as police were called in.