Kenya Power said on 7 September 2026 that it was investing approximately KSh765 million in two substations approaching completion in Kilifi and Kwale counties. The projects are intended to relieve existing facilities and improve supply quality and reliability as demand grows along Kenya’s coast. The Bomani 132/33kV substation in Kilifi County accounts for KSh455 million of the investment. It is designed to serve existing and prospective customers in Kikambala, Vipingo, Kanamai and Mtwapa. Kenya Power linked growing demand to industrial and commercial activity as large businesses and small and medium enterprises expand from Mombasa. Customers in those areas currently depend on the Kilifi and Bamburi 132/33kV substations. The utility said their available capacity was becoming constrained as consumption increased. Bomani is intended to provide additional supply infrastructure rather than new generating capacity. The second project is a KSh310 million, 33/11kV substation in Kwale. Its four feeders are to serve the county headquarters and nearby customers, including Kinango, Tiwi and Kombani. Kenya Power said it would relieve the Diani substation and provide alternative supply points. Chief executive Joseph Siror described network reliability and customer service as priorities and said the utility was also carrying out reinforcement projects elsewhere. The announcement placed the coastal works within wider efforts to strengthen grid resilience and incorporate smart-grid technology. Nexus analysis: Both projects remained under construction in this report; neither should be presented as already commissioned. Their investment values and voltage levels describe network assets, not electricity production. The expected reliability benefits will need confirmation after energisation through loading, interruption and service-quality data. The source gives no firm commissioning date or quantified reduction in outages, so those outcomes cannot yet be reported as achieved.
- Kenya Power
Kenya Power advances two coastal substations worth KSh765 million
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