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Kenya set in motion the construction of Africa’s biggest wind power farm this week, near Laisamis, 550km north of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Known as the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, the wind farm site covers 40,000 acres (162km2), which will be powered by the ‘Turkana Corrido . . .

 APR Energy is set to provide a gas turbine power plant for an industrial customer in Egypt after landing a €27 Million contract. The leading world Mobile power supplier signed the deal early this week after a competitive tender that attracted many companies to provide a gas turbine power . . .

Tigoni — Residents of Tigoni in Kiambu County are set to benefit from a hospital upgrade by the county government. The Sh160 million 200-bed capacity hospital to be constructed at the Tigoni Health Centre will benefit residents who have had to grapple with congestion in the wards especially a . . .

Unlike other middle class estates that are slowly experiencing an influx of residents, Mamboleo is relatively more secure and tranquil. "Actually, a majority of professionals in Kisumu now find the Mamboleo/ Kajulu hills a perfect destination of choice owing to encroachment of Milimani and Tom . . .

 Kenya’s road network expanded by 16 per cent in 2014 and the first 40 km of the new Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway project has also been completed According to Central Bank of Kenya’s Economic Survey 2015, total number of paved roads reached 13,000 km last year, up from 11 . . .