Blessed Wednesday! As who pays for the dropped time is reflected upon, there has got to be another way to keep the nation powered. Kenya Power must be commended for in the recent years, more regions of the nation have access to the grid. Solar power penetration is marginal. Back up power ends up being the famed fuel-based generators which are used by offices and manufacturers - leading to higher cost of production and higher prices and reduced business profits. Options of nuclear energy.... ICTs are highly energy and in this instance Kenya Power dependent. Overall for growth of the sector and its valued contribution to the GDP, the power must be rethought. Blessed day. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 7/8/16, Douglas Gichuki via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Subject: Re: [kictanet] kenya-power-to-pay-for-blackouts-lasting-more-than-3-hours To: wangarikabiru@yahoo.co.uk Cc: "Douglas Gichuki" <dgichuki@strathmore.edu> Date: Sunday, 7 August, 2016, 11:42 But wait. There has been long standing legal policy to insulate utility companies such as Kenya Power from being sued for pure economic losses occurring due to their negligence. Why? The eventual bills will be passed on to the consumers anyway, culminating in an even higher cost of power, which as you know plays a huge part in influencing cost of manufactured goods. Regards, On 6 Aug 2016 10:07 a.m., "Barrack Otieno via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Wangari, this is timely power has been off since 5.30 am, last time we were told it was switched of by monkeys, any idea on the culprit this time? Baboons i guess On Aug 6, 2016 10:23 AM, "Wangari Kabiru via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke

wrote: www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/0 4/30/kenya-power-to-pay-for-bl ackouts-lasting-more-than-3-ho urs_c1342132 Read on! Blessed day. Regards/Wangari === Apr. 30, 2016, 5:00 am By LOLA OKULO Power went off in parliament late on Thursday as MPs debated a bill to compel Kenya Power to compensate customers in case of prolonged blackouts.

The Energy Bill 2015, proposed by Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff will make Kenya Power pay customers for any losses due to blackouts exceeding three hours, in case it fails to issue a 24-hour notice prior to such an outage. The bill was passed by parliament and will now go to the Senate then forwarded to the president for assent, if senators also pass it. The proposed law will push Kenya Power to compensate a consumer where due to power outages, poor quality, irregularity of electricity supply or negligence; the consumer incurs financial loss or suffers physical injuries. Shariff said the bill was meant to check conduct of the company given that it is a monopoly. "The whole idea is not to punish anyone, but honestly they need to pull up their socks," Shariff told the Star on Friday. "Every time there is a blackout there are financial losses. There are people running butcheries, salons and other businesses. What we are saying is that there is a financial aspect to it (power outages)." The compensation, according to the bill, shall be paid in form of a subsidy incorporated in the customer's bill. It shall be equal to the amount of loss incurred as presented by the consumer and verified by Kenya Power. The power utility firm will only be spared paying a compensation, in case a blackout is due to 'an act of God', like in the case where heavy downpour causes a power line to fall. On Thursday evening, other than parliament, most areas in Nairobi had a blackout following heavy rains that flooded most roads in the city. "Heavy rainstorms have this evening caused power interruption in most parts of Nairobi. The heavy rains that started late in the afternoon have interrupted electricity supply and distribution systems in parts of the city," said Kenya Power in a statement issued on Thursday night. Last July, Kenya Power said it would need at least five years to build adequate redundancies at our major load centres in cities such as Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, which will end outages. A redundancy system allows the company to transfer customers to a subsidiary network and keep electricity on, when there is a failure within the main network. The company is also undertaking a major infrastructure upgrade to reduce outages. ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/options/kictanet/otieno .barrack%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/options/kictanet/ dgichuki%40strathmore.edu The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. Note: All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook Page and Twitter Account". -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/wangarikabiru%40yahoo.... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.