This archive report was first published on 16 July 2021.
On July 19th, Kenya Power will kick off a countrywide exercise to digitize its network, marking a significant milestone in its efforts to provide efficient and effective service delivery. The project, funded by the World Bank under the Kenya Electricity Management Programme (KEMP), aims to create visibility of the network on the FDB digital platform.
The Facilities Data Base digital platform is a Geographical Information System (GIS) application that captures, analyzes, manages, and stores transmission and distribution facilities data. The platform has already been used to digitize 70% of Kenya Power's network, comprising 83 transmission substations, 295 primary substations, 73,486 secondary substations (transformers), and 77,990.69Kms of high and medium voltage lines.
However, the remaining 30% of the network still requires digitization, which includes the digitization of 166,623.84Kms of low voltage lines and over 8.2 million customer meters. The National Youth Service (NYS) has partnered with Kenya Power to fast-track this exercise, which will be covered by 770 NYS officers, 700 servicemen and women, and 70 supervisors.
According to Bernard Ngugi, Kenya Power's Managing Director and CEO, the objective of this exercise is to create visibility of the network on the FDB digital platform for efficient and effective service delivery. He added, “Updating the Company’s data on the Facilities Database Digital platform will provide us with an accurate inventory of all our physical assets in order to enhance our technical and operational efficiency.”
