Kenya Power seeks 59,000 poles for street lighting
Kenya Power chief executive Ben Chumo. PHOTO | FILE
Local manufacturers have been invited to supply 58,951 concrete poles as Kenya Power steps up its street lighting programme in 52 key towns and townships countrywide.
“For planning purposes, deliveries shall be made to KPLC stores one month prior to project start date as per the above delivery schedule. Failure to deliver poles in good time shall attract a penalty,” Kenya Power said in a tender call that closes on February 17.
Mombasa and Nairobi are among towns that have already benefited from the initial phases of the street lighting project dubbed Mwangaza Mtaani that has seen Kenya Power install more than 12,000 Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps across the country.
In Nairobi an estimated 4,200 street lights have been installed.
The project is part of a $458 million (Sh45.8 billion) advanced by the World Bank to the power distribution company in April last year to upgrade electricity supply in the country.
The tender call comes barely a month after Kenya Power challenged local firms to compete in bidding for a contract to supply close to half-a-million wooden poles and 48,000 kilometres of cables as the firm prepares to start connecting thousands of homes to the national electricity grid at cut price in April.
Under an initiative dubbed Last Mile Connectivity project, Kenya Power will light up homes for Sh15,000, down from Sh35,000 and will allow those connected to pay the fee over 36 months.
“Kenya Power will commence the implementation of the Last Mile Connectivity project from April 2016 on turnkey basis,” Ben Chumo, Kenya Power managing director said in a call for bids notice.
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