Kenya Electric Power Company on Tuesday released the news that the local cable manufacturing capacity of only about 30% of the power companies to meet the demand, so if this situation is not improved, Kenya Electric Power will import cables to meet the needs of power systems.
According to reports, in order to encourage local enterprises, Kenya Electric Power Company to the domestic cable and accessories manufacturers to purchase large quantities of goods.
However, according to preliminary statistics, due to technical level and backward equipment, and other factors, domestic producers of Kenya Electric Power Company to meet the demand for less than 30%, greatly affected the Kenya Electric Power Company project progress.
At the same time, the Kenyan government plans to achieve 2017 more than 70% of households' electricity, it is learned that achieving this goal requires 24055 km cable, 139181 km wire, 124.1 million meter box, and 107.1 million poles. This means that in the future, Kenya needs a lot of cables and related accessories to improve the transmission system and achieve the last mile connection.
Kenya Electric Power Company said, "to ensure the realization of the objectives, the company will still give priority to local equipment and cable procurement to encourage manufacturers to set up factories in Kenya, followed by imports of cables will be considered to meet the development needs.