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Nine workers injured after Olkaria power plant steam pipe bursts

Olkaria 1 power substation in Naivasha. [Standard]

Operations at the Olkaria power plant in Naivasha were disrupted for hours yesterday after a steam pipe under construction burst, seriously injuring nine workers.

The incident at Olkaria V Unit I plant could derail plans by the Kenya Electricity Generating (KenGen) company to add an extra 83.3MW to the national grid by end of the year.

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