Kenya Power revamp plan feasible

Kenya Power & Lighting Company Managing Director & CEO Joseph Siror.  

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Initially, I was inclined to treat the Kenya Power balance sheet restructuring action plan the Cabinet has come up with as mere financial engineering gimmicks reminiscent of the games played by investment bankers.

But on closer examination of the plan, I see a very good first step at cleaning up the balance sheet of the troubled utility. In brief, the plan is in three parts.

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