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Kenya counts on industrial parks to spur power uptake

The Lord Clive Hollick (left) UK trade envoy to Kenya & Tanzania, Nic Hailey (second left) The High Commissioner of the UK to Kenya, Eng. Patrick Njoroge (second right) PS Ministry of Energy & Petroleum and Jeremy Awori (right) CEO Barclays Bank of Kenya during a renewable energy conference on 6th October 2016. PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI

The Government is betting on more industrial parks to increase demand for power to match ongoing huge investments.

This is in order to avert a supply glut as more investors continue to make investments towards achieving 5,000MW by next year.

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