This archive report was first published on 25 June 2020.
Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has made a significant move in its diversification drive by commencing construction of its first-ever Liquid Drilling Detergent Manufacturing factory at a cost of Ksh60 million.
The project, which is part of the company's Good-to-Great (G2G) Transformation Strategy, aims to create sustainable value from one generation to the next.
Speaking on the new development, the company's Geothermal Development Director, Eng Abel Rotich, said the move was driven by the institution's strategy to move from a good to a great company.
According to Eng Rotich, the project is about 70 per cent complete, with the intended completion and take-over date expected to be somewhere in the first quarter of 2021.
KenGen has already obtained pre-requisite laboratory approvals from the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) to manufacture the detergent, and has also acquired Kebs approval to manufacture other products such as liquid hand washing detergent, liquid bleach, hair shampoo, carpet shampoo, car shampoo, liquid disinfectant, and fabric softener.
The company submitted an Environmental and Social Impacts Assessment (ESIA) report for the proposed detergent plant to the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) on October 26, 2018, and got the requisite approvals on July 19, 2019.
