This archive report was first published on 29 June 2020.
On June 29, 2020, the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kenyatta University to offer scholarships to girls from vulnerable families across the country.
The partnership, dubbed KETRACO Scholarship for Orphans and Vulnerable Students (KSOVS), aims to bridge the engineering skills gap in the country by providing resources to vulnerable female students in KU's Electrical or Civil Engineering faculty.
Speaking during the MoU signing ceremony, KETRACO's Managing Director FCPA Fernandes Barasa hailed the initiative as a step towards fulfilling the company's vision of developing the country's engineering skills.
"The overall objective of the MoU signing is to jointly develop mutual collaboration in various areas including research that touches on electricity transmission, support equity, access and excellence in higher education especially among vulnerable girls," Barasa said.
"This partnership will facilitate mutual collaboration between KETRACO and KU that will enable us to explore emerging trends in electricity transmission and research," said KU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Paul Wainaina.
