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Williamson Tea eyes shift to own power on erratic supply
Firm says power supply failures from Kenya Power have reached epic proportions. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Williamson Tea Plc #ticker:WTK has resolved to start producing its own power in a bid to boost efficiency on its plantations, citing frequent outages on electricity supplied by State-controlled Kenya Power #ticker:KPLC to its factories.
The publicly-traded agricultural firm says unrelenting power blackouts have raised operating costs at some of its tea processing plants, with Western Kenya-based Kaimosi factory being the hardest hit.
