Ketraco to build substations at Coastal region in Sh15bn project

A Ketraco substation. Ketraco is mainly banking on the public-private partnership (PPP) model to fund most of the network upgrading works.

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Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) will build a new substation and extend an existing one at the Coastal region in a Sh15.8 billion ($57 million and €54.3 million) project aimed at boosting the quality of electricity supply in the region.

The firm has invited contractors to bid for the project that will entail construction of a 220/132 kilovolts (kV) substation in Kilifi and extension of a 220/33kV substation in Malindi.

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